The Fugitive Pigeon
by WESTLAKE, Donald E
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Boardman, 1966. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Original orange paper, stamped in black, with original dust jacket; plain endpapers; 160pp; ads to jacket rear. Straight and tight, head and tail rubbed: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 13s 6d), spine and edges darkened, rubbed along top edge: Very Good. American Bloodhound Mystery #526. HUBIN p.432.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57105
- Title
- The Fugitive Pigeon
- Author
- WESTLAKE, Donald E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Boardman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; 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:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.