Ver a tamaño completo.
By Its Cover:
de Leon, Donna
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0434023027
- ISBN 13
- 9780434023028
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: William Heinemann.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, gilt and white titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £17.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers showing a black and white map of Venice. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 237 pp. text. xii pp., blank pages at rear.* Description: When several valuable antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario Brunetti is immediately called to the scene. The staff suspect an American researcher has stolen them, but for Brunetti something doesn't quite add up. Taking on the case, the Commissario begins to seek information about some of the library's regulars, such as the ex-priest Franchini, a passionate reader of ancient Christian literature, and Contessa Morosini-Albani, the library's chief donor. He comes to the conclusion that the thief could not have acted alone.* A FINE text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some minimal faults in a FINE protected dust jacket.*
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 482
- Título
- By Its Cover:
- Autor
- Leon, Donna
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - F/F/F
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 0434023027
- ISBN 13
- 9780434023028
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London UK 256
- Fecha de publicación
- 2014-04-03
- Size
- 14.3 x 2.3 x 22.3 cm
Términos de venta
Cocksparrow Books
We offer a 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs. This applies for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Cocksparrow Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Sobre Cocksparrow Books
Cocksparrow Books have been selling high quality books for over thirty years, now solely on-line. We concentrate on non-fiction items and early edition fiction (including some soft-backs). Our book condition descriptions are fully detailed to give our customers the best information possible and we are always pleased to provide further information upon request.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
