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The Snare of The Hunter
by Helen MacInnes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
£6.46£5.81
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About This Item
Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. This is a first edition- second printing copy - with a 'B' on the alphabetic format copyright line. The dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has been protected with a clear, removable, cover. No wear to report for the jacket, no edge wear, no tears or chips. Teal cloth covered boards with the title and author name on the spine in gold - all lettering is crisp and not rubbed or worn. The boards are flat and there is no edge wear or rubbing. 306 pages, sewn binding, No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. This is not a book club edition, not a library discard. Classic thriller from MacInnes in beautiful condition. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20-675
- Title
- The Snare of The Hunter
- Author
- Helen MacInnes
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Thriller;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
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