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The Dead of Jericho
by DEXTER, Colin
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First American Edition. First printing. Bookplate signed in ink by the author loosely laid-in. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 224pp. Tight, square copy, with some mild foxing to text block edges and faint staining to rear endpaper; text clean and unmarked; Very Good. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $9.95 on front flap), faint adhesive stain to verso of rear flap, else clean and just lightly worn; VG+. The fifth novel in Dexter's "Inspector Morse" series.
Synopsis
The Dead of Jericho is a work of English detective fiction by Colin Dexter, as part of the Inspector Morse series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63636
- Title
- The Dead of Jericho
- Author
- DEXTER, Colin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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