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High Adventure
by Westlake, Donald E
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mysterious Press, 1985. First Edition / Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed limited edition of High Adventure by Donald E. Westlake.. Octavo, [10], 326pp. Tan cloth, green boards, title in gilt along spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, appears unread, a fine example. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $15.95 retail price on front flap. This copy is signed by the author on the limitation page stating "Of this first edition, 250 copies have been numbered and signed by the author. This is copy no. 60" followed by full signature. Housed in tan cloth slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12089
- Title
- High Adventure
- Author
- Westlake, Donald E
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of High Adventure by Donald E. Westlake.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- westlake, westlake first edition, god save the mark westlake, the grifters westlake, signed westlake, donald e westlake first edition
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- Text Block
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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