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Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since May 27, 2000
Scarce first UK edition of the first Rostnikov mystery. Russia setting. This copy is near fine showing a little wear at the corners and slight browning of pages. Dust jacket is near fine, price clipped with new price sticker affixed to lower inside front flap. Tiny chip to top front corner, otherwise near fine or better. Seller Inventory # 000692
Title: Rostnikov's Corpse
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First U.K. Edition.
Seller: Bay State Book Company, North Smithfield, RI, U.S.A.
Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Seller Inventory # BSM.HTM1
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION thus (UK) in papberback. LIKE NEW. A couple nicks to the top of the cover; otherwise SQUARE & UNREAD. Published in the United States as a paperback original with the title DEATH OF A DISSIDENT. Seller Inventory # ABE-1721584242660
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Shelf wear to edges of boards. Endpapers replaced. Foxing. Dust-jacket in clear plastic, taped to boards and endpapers.; 239, [7 (blank)] pages. Cream boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 120mm. Crime fiction novel. "This is a murder mystery investigted by Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov of the Moscow Police. A dissident, the subject of a show trial now in progress, is murdered with a sickle." - from dust-jacket blurb. Seller Inventory # 26794
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
8vo, 239pp. A good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Tanned paper stock. Seller Inventory # 93078
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed and slightly knocked. Price clipped. Minor marks. Internally clean and tightly bound. The pages are tanned. Complete with 239 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # onmj
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australia
hard cover with dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 20.5 cm. 239 pages VG/VG. Light soiling, edge wear and shelf wear to price-clipped dust jacket, light soiling to page edges, overall very good condition. Seller Inventory # 9229
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The book itself is a tad shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remains clean, with lovely silver gilt on the spine. The jacket, too, is shelf rubbed and edge worn, with the top and bottom edges of the spine in particular beginning to fray and tear. There is a price sticker on the inside flap of the jacket. Internally, the pages are ever so slightly tanned, but are clean, crisp and complete. Altogether neatly bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # oqyj
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. the jacket is shelf rubbed and the back is very slightly marked. there is a small closed tear at the top of the spine. the book has no inscriptions but the paper has darkened slightly on the edges. the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 78bm
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG++. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++. 1st UK Edition. Crime novel, featuring Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov of the Moscow Police. Jacket by Jane Tamblyn. BOOK:- Binding is sound, no loose pages; cream boards are clean, with faint browning at the edges; silver titles are bright & without loss; mild shelfwear; spine heel crush; 1 small corner bump; small edge bump on rear board; no ink names, stamps or other permanent markings; pages show browning, more prominent at the edges; small spots of foxing on endpapers, and across the edges of the text block.JACKET:- Intact, but publisher price-clipped, with emended Macmillan price sticker adjacent; mild edgewear; 1cm closed tear on rear hinge corner of spine head; several indentations, but no rupture; 3mm strips of foxing at top and bottom edges of rear flap; jacket interior shows very isolated spots of foxing (no show-through). Scan on request. Seller Inventory # 010966
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
240pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Rubbed on lower panel and slight internal browning, otherwise a very good copy. First Edition. Seller Inventory # 131649
Quantity: 1 available