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Rambo III (Signed)
by Morrell, David
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London, New English Library, 1988. First UK Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 211 pp. Fine / Near Fine. First UK edition showing price of £11.95. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper, with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "To Joe – best wishes From Rambo's Father – David Morrell, May 26, 1990, Iowa City/Omaha". Black cloth on board, stamped metallic gold lettering to spine. Very slight bump to top leading tip of front board, else Fine. Text block clean, tight, unmarked, crisp. Pages slightly age-toned. Dust jacket lightly shelf-rubbed with edge wear along top, bumping and creasing evident, else Near Fine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000038
- Title
- Rambo III (Signed)
- Author
- Morrell, David
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth on board.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New English Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 211
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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