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First edition
Spike Island: Portrait of a British Police Division
James McClure
Pantheon, 1980. First edition, first printing.
$18One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Very Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Very Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-a2c725de41cd
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-a2c725de41cd · 7 photographs of this copy
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Copyright page states 'First American Edition'
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Copyright © 1980 by Sabensa Gakulu Ltd.
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Pantheon Books (division of Random House), New York
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ISBN 0-394-42446-8
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Jacket priced $14.95 (argues against book club)
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Jacket flap code 8/80, consistent with 1980 publication
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Originally published in Great Britain by Macmillan London Ltd
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Flaws, each one named
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tanning/browning to both jacket flaps, photos 2 and 6
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light edge wear and rubbing to jacket spine ends, photo 7
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minor soiling to jacket rear panel, photo 5
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This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Macmillan, London, 1980 (true first); US first: Pantheon, New York, 1980, cloth in jacket
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.