Knock and Wait a While
by William Rawle Weeks
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Octavo. 310 pp. Dark and light gray boards stamped in orange. Lacks dust jacket.
Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure at corners and three short tears to top of spine. Nudged at bottom of spine. Slight lean to spine and boards bow at fore edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Winner of the 1958 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American author.
Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure at corners and three short tears to top of spine. Nudged at bottom of spine. Slight lean to spine and boards bow at fore edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Winner of the 1958 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9197
- Title
- Knock and Wait a While
- Author
- William Rawle Weeks
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- First Edition
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- 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....