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Knots & Crosses
by Ian Rankin
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0385243073
- ISBN 13
- 9780385243070
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1987. BU2 - An ex-library first US edition hardcover book SIGNED by Ian Rankin in fair condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has patch peeled on the front flap with chipping and tears, label stain and scuffing on the spine, wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tears on the edges, sides and corners, scattered stains and scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), cocked, lightly loose hinge, bumped corners and cover edgewear, tape residue and stains on the cover with some label stains, tape stains on the free endpapers, a few writing on pages 154-155, water soiled patches on the bottom of the inside pages, some scattered stains, wrinkling and crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Ian Rankin creates a vivid picture of Edinburgh's seedy side in a novel that captures the grittiness and soul of the old town. 8.5"x5.75", 182 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
Knots and Crosses is a 1987 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the first of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was written while Rankin was a postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. In the introduction to this novel, Rankin states that Rebus lives directly opposite the window in Marchmont that he looked out of while writing the book.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- EC42637BB
- Title
- Knots & Crosses
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385243073
- ISBN 13
- 9780385243070
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- INSPECTOR REBUS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE HARD-BOILED POLICE PROCEDURALS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Mystery / Authors P-Z; Fiction: Mystery / Hard-Boiled & Noir;
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Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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