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Mata Hari: courtesan and spy
by Major Thomas Coulson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Coulson, Thomas. Mata Hari: courtesan and spy. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, reprint edition, 312 pp., illus with two black and white photographs.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good hardcover in maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine. The top edge of the text block is black. The bottom rear corner is bumped. The binding is tight and there are no marks. The dust jacket is in good plus condition. There is some wear to the edges.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good hardcover in maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine. The top edge of the text block is black. The bottom rear corner is bumped. The binding is tight and there are no marks. The dust jacket is in good plus condition. There is some wear to the edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9980
- Title
- Mata Hari
- Author
- Major Thomas Coulson
- Format/Binding
- Maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 15 X 21.5 cm
Terms of Sale
Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. If you have any problems, please send me a message right away.
About the Seller
Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
Biblio member since 2019
Portland, Oregon
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About Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
Backstory is a general used book store in Portland, Oregon. We do specialize in African American, nautical, and craft/textile books. And we buy and sell yarn in our IRL shop. Proud member of the Cascade Booksellers Association.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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