The Taste of Ashes
by Browne, Howard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Browne to pulp writer Robert Randisi. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.95), generally rubbed and creased, chips at the head and foot of the spine. Quarter grey buckram with red paper on the boards, rubbed at the corners. Square, bound with some reading wear, toned pages. The fourth Paul Pine mystery, a classic in the genre.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7515
- Title
- The Taste of Ashes
- Author
- Browne, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, Christianity, Christ, Documents, Ancient History, Chicago, 20th Century Fiction, Crime
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...