Knock and Wait a While
by Weeks, William Rawle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1957. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. author's scarce Edgar-winning first novel, very good in good dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; lite rubbing to edges of the front cover and spine of the jacket, jacket back has minor soiling and edge-chipping, front board slightly bowed, mild toning to pageblock edges, gentle spine lean else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket bearing a $3.50 price; stated first printing
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Kaye Books & Memorabilia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33106
- Title
- Knock and Wait a While
- Author
- Weeks, William Rawle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spy/Adventure Fiction;
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About the Seller
David Kaye Books & Memorabilia
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Woodland Hills, California
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....