The Diamonds of Loreta Unknown - 1980

Constable, 1980. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1980 Constable, London. First Edition. First printing. "First published in Great Britain 1980 by Constable and Company Ltd." on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front endpaper of the book. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards with red spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Edges have some very shallow dents. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with a few very small nicks. There are several random squiggles from a blue ballpoint pen at the top corner of one page, in a blank area, as though someone tested a pen there. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

London: Constable & Co. Limited, 1980. First edition hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked and sunned, and edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped, and pastedowns and endpapers are lightly tanned. Boards are clean, pages are clear and binding is sound. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used.