DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS
by BRADBURY, RAY
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- FINE/NO JACKET
- Seller
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About This Item
PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1985. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. HARDCOVER. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1985. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1985. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSYLVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1985. 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Franklin Library, 1985. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. First Edition. This copy is a beautiful, green leather over hard board with gold embossed patterns on the cover and spine, with gilt page edges on all sides. New condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges/corners and a tight binding.The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. This is the true first edition of the book and precedes the trade edition. There is a special introduction by the author that appears in no other edition. The book is hand signed by the author and features premium hand-cut full leather boards with a distinct cover design in ornate 22-karat gold gild. There are marbled endpapers with a sewn in matching satin bookmark. The pages are gold gilded to protect against dust and moisture and the paper used is acid neutral to last generations without discoloring. A total of 201 various classic First Editions by various authors were issued by the Franklin Library from 1983 until they ceased publishing in 2000. These books are highly collectible and are no longer available directly from the publisher. Letter from publisher included. 1ST PRINTING
Synopsis
Death Is a Lonely Business is a mystery novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1985. The story, set in 1949, is about a series of murders that happen in Venice, California, then a declining seaside community in Los Angeles where Bradbury lived from 1942 to 1950. The main character and narrator (who never mentions his name) is a sensitive, modest writer, with a girlfriend studying in Mexico City.
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- Bookseller
- MySEABooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S121
- Title
- DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS
- Author
- BRADBURY, RAY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NO JACKET
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1ST EDITION LIMITED EDITION
- Publisher
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY
- Place of Publication
- PENNSYLVANIA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION,LITERATURE; MYSTERY;
- Product_type
- BOOKS
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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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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay 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....
- Edges
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- 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"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
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