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Chapter and Hearse: Suspense Stories About the World of Books
by Muller, Marcia and Pronzini, Bill (Editors)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688041841
- ISBN 13
- 9780688041847
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1985. First printing. Just a touch of tanning to the tips of the spines, edges of the text block lightly foxed. Jacket gently crimped with a very small damp stain at the spine heel. Flaps tanning, 1/4" tear at the lower rear flap fold, in mylar. Signed by both Muller and Pronzini on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the Editor. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D130288
- Title
- Chapter and Hearse: Suspense Stories About the World of Books
- Author
- Muller, Marcia and Pronzini, Bill (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0688041841
- ISBN 13
- 9780688041847
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller; Short Stories/Essays;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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