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The Xanadu Talisman
de Peter O'Donnell
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: Souvenir Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A first edition copy of O'Donnell's novel The Xanadu Talisman, featuring Modesty Blaise A first edition copy of the tenth novel to feature Modesty Blaise, 'The Xanadu Talisman', by Peter O'Donnell. With puzzles to solve, and a criminal nanny, as with all of the Blaise series, this novel is full of action and adventure. Debuting in the Evening Standard in 1963 Modesty Blaise was originally a comic strip, written by O'Donnell and illustrated by Jim Holdaway. Modest Blaise is a talented young woman, with a criminal past, who ends up on a series of action filled adventures with her sidekick Willie Garvin. Aside from the comic strip, Blaise featured in a total of eleven novels and two short story collections. Peter O'Donnell was a British writer of mysteries and comic strips. Though best known for his Modesty Blaise series, he was also a award winning gothic romance novelist, writing under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. In original cloth binding held in an unclipped dustwrapper. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with a slight crease to the spine. Slight bumping also to the extremities. Some spotting to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, with some light spotting to the front endpaper. The dustwrapper is very smart, with some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Slight sunning to the spine.Slight spotting to the front flyleaf. A small amount of offsetting internally to the wrap, with some slight spotting to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Sinopsis
The Xanadu Talisman is the title of an action-adventure/spy novel by Peter O'Donnell that was first published in 1981, featuring the character Modesty Blaise. This was the tenth book to feature the character. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Souvenir Press.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 587E32
- Título
- The Xanadu Talisman
- Autor
- Peter O'Donnell
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Souvenir Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1981
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Dustwrapper Talisman First edition Action Talisman Criminals
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
