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Ride a Pale Horse
by MacInnes, Helen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0151772681
- ISBN 13
- 9780151772681
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition (first printing, with full letter line on copyright page). Clean gray boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 355 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, corner clip to top inside front flap. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A gripping novel of suspense involving political assassination, blackmail, forgery, violence and murder. 6" x 8-1/2". Fiction..
Synopsis
Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed “the queen of spy writers”, her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016805
- Title
- Ride a Pale Horse
- Author
- MacInnes, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0151772681
- ISBN 13
- 9780151772681
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- FICTION ESPIONAGE SUSPENSE NOVEL HELEN MACINNES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Suspense; Espionage;
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About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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