Vanity Dies Hard
by RENDELL RUTH
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Long, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. An Ex-Library Copy (without D/W). Publisher's black boards with title in blue, author, publisher's emblem and publisher in yellow, to the spine. A VG copy that has hardly been read although it has the following library attributes: Hastings Public Library stamped to the top edge and in various places in the text; evidence of library label having been removed from the FFEP, Library Stamp to the Copyright Page; thin strips of sellotape residue to both the rear paste-down and the rear free end-paper. Notwithstanding its library origins a not-unattractive copy. No D/W. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Synopsis
Vanity Dies Hard is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 1966.
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Details
- Seller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 355490719920
- Title
- Vanity Dies Hard
- Author
- RENDELL RUTH
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Long
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
We can personally take Visa, Mastercard and debit/Maestro cards. All books are are returnable if found not to be as described, please contact us first. James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...