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Darwin's Blade
by Dan Simmons
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0380973693
- ISBN 13
- 9780380973699
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
NY: William Morrow, 2000. SIGNED. New. Unread. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Simmons on the title page. The book is tight and straight with sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock clean with no writing, bookplate, or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Opened only for signature and photos. Dust jacket is unclipped ($25.00) with faint rubbing, else bright and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
A series of high-speed fatal car wrecks -- accidents that seem. as if they may have been staged -- is leading Darwin Minor down a dangerous road. A reluctant expert on violent ways to die, he sifts clues from wreckage the way a brilliant coroner extracts damning information from a victim's corpse.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2755
- Title
- Darwin's Blade
- Author
- Dan Simmons
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0380973693
- ISBN 13
- 9780380973699
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
Biblio member since 2020
Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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