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First edition

The First Casualty

Phillip Knightley
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition, second printing.
$15One copy · this copy

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Book
Near Fine
Jacket
Very Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Very Good.
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What we checked, and where to see itRCB-d1b30afb525d · 8 photographs of this copy
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Copyright © 1975 by Phillip Knightley
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States "First edition" on copyright page
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Letter line reads B C D E — lowest letter B, not A
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ISBN 0-15-131264-8; LC 75-11684
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ) imprint, 757 Third Avenue, New York
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Jacket priced $12.95; flap notes "A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection"
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Flaws, each one named
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toning/soiling to white jacket surfaces, front and spine
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edge wear and light creasing to jacket spine ends
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sunned/toned jacket spine panel
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This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: André Deutsch, London, 1975 (UK); Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1975 (US), cloth in jacket, letter line including A

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