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Devices and Desires
by P. D. James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0571141781
- ISBN 13
- 9780571141784
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, UK: Faber & Faber, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with a full number line beginning with [1] to the copyright page. In original jacket, not price clipped. Light rubbing to extremities. Unread, clean pages, a touch of spotting to the text block, small chip to bottom of one page. SIGNED by P.D. James to the title page..
Synopsis
Devices and Desires is a 1989 detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It takes place on Larksoken, an isolated headland in Norfolk.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016495
- Title
- Devices and Desires
- Author
- P. D. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571141781
- ISBN 13
- 9780571141784
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Devices and Desires, signed, first edition,P. D. James
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About the Seller
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Naas, Kildare
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- 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....
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