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A Shadow in the Wild
by Masterson, Whit [Bob Wade and Bill Miller]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. Little Janie, ten, sees a man shoot another man with his rifle and flees into the mountainous badlands of southern California, becoming the target of many search parties, including her father - and the killer. INSCRIBED by one co-author on the free endsheet: "To Arthur, All the best, Bob Wade AKA Whit Masterson". First printing (first edition). Green hardcover, black titling. Light wear to book, corners rubbed, one corner bumped; jacket shows minor chipping & light edgewear, light rubbing, minor spine fade, scuff/tear to rear panel from old sticker poorly removed. No names, no marks apart from the author's inscription.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0579
- Title
- A Shadow in the Wild
- Author
- Masterson, Whit [Bob Wade and Bill Miller]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Mystery, Murder Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Lost Child, California
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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