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AND BE A VILLAIN
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9997524853
- ISBN 13
- 9789997524850
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Viking Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1948. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 9997524853 . ; Grey cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are heavily tone but clean and pristine. Although it states first printing on the copyright page (as book club editions commonly do even when not a true first edition) , it is not a first edition, as it is lacking the first edition points and a stated book club edition on DJ. Dust jacket is toned and worn with a couple of tiny chips but in good+ condition . DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.0 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches; 216 pages .
Synopsis
And Be a Villain (British title More Deaths Than One) is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1948. The story was collected in the omnibus volumes Full House (Viking 1961) and Triple Zeck (Viking 1974).
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Details
- Seller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 12551
- Title
- AND BE A VILLAIN
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9997524853
- ISBN 13
- 9789997524850
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- 9997524853
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
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- Spine
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- Copyright page
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- Jacket
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- New
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- First Edition
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- 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.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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