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First edition
Show Me a Hero
Patrick Alexander
The Viking Press, 1980. 1st us edition, first printing.
$22One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Very Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Very Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-0fd79bffb5a4
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-0fd79bffb5a4 · 8 photographs of this copy
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Copyright © Falcon Plays, 1979; 'Published in 1980 by The Viking Press'
examined on the copy in hand
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No number line or printing statement — Viking firsts of this era carry only the publication date, adding a notice to later printings
examined on the copy in hand
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British review blurbs (Daily Telegraph, Nottingham Evening Post) on rear panel indicate a prior UK edition (1979)
examined on the copy in hand
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Jacket price $9.95 intact; jacket code 0580 (May 1980)
examined on the copy in hand
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ISBN 0-670-64315-7; Set in Plantin; Printed in U.S.A.
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
light soiling and rubbing to jacket, bottom edge of front panel
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faint surface marks/creasing near jacket spine fold
3
edge wear at jacket foot
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Viking Press, New York, 1980, cloth in jacket (first US; a UK edition of 1979 appears to precede)
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.