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Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard
by De Camp, L Sprague, De Camp, Catherine Crook; Griffin, Jane Whittington
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312940750
- ISBN 13
- 9780312940751
- Seller
-
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
Bluejay Books; (1983). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. #382 of 1000 copies signed by both of the De Camps, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a very good slipcase. Jacket art and endpaper art for this edition only by Kevin E. Johnson. Light soiling to page edges and spine of dust jacket. Bookplate from 1989 sf convention on front pastedown. The slipcase is a little soiled, and the back panel is sunned from a dark blue to a gray. Includes photographs, endnotes, bibliography, and an index; 402 pages. $40.00 price on jacket flap; tight and square.
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- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023715
- Title
- Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard
- Author
- De Camp, L Sprague, De Camp, Catherine Crook; Griffin, Jane Whittington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312940750
- ISBN 13
- 9780312940751
- Publisher
- Bluejay Books; (1983)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1983
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About the Seller
Tulsa Books
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
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- Soiled
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
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