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Sleeping Beauty
by MacDonald, Ross (pseudonym of Kenneth Millar)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394484746
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484747
- Seller
-
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf , 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated first edition, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Just a touch of fading at edges of boards. The jacket is darkened at the top of the rear panel and at the top edge of the flaps. $5.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. A tight, square copy of the penultimate Lew Archer novel.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald died in 1983.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007872
- Title
- Sleeping Beauty
- Author
- MacDonald, Ross (pseudonym of Kenneth Millar)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394484746
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484747
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1973
Terms of Sale
Tulsa Books
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About the Seller
Tulsa Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
Internet only bookseller specializing in modern first editions, signed books, western americana, and general interest out of print books.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Flap(s)
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- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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