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Lament for a Maker
by Innes, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. About Very Good in a Very Good jacket, priced on the spine (7/6 net), generally toned and soiled, a few stains and small chips at the edges, some loss to the lettering at the head of the spine. Black buckram with orange ink lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, foxed throughout. The third detective novel from Innes to feature his Inspector Appleby.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6561
- Title
- Lament for a Maker
- Author
- Innes, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Detective Fiction, British Fiction, 20th Century Fiction, Mystery Fiction
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
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