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First edition
The Pyrates
George MacDonald Fraser
Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. 1st american edition, first printing.
$40One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Very Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Very Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-dcfe38f1c101
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-dcfe38f1c101 · 8 photographs of this copy
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First American Edition stated on copyright page
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Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf imprint, distributed by Random House
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Copyright 1983; LCCN dated 1984; jacket date code 8/84
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ISBN 0-394-53837-4; rear jacket panel 394-53837-4
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Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons
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True first is the UK Collins 1983; this is the first US edition
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Flaws, each one named
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toning and light soiling to jacket, especially front panel and white ground
noted on the copy in hand
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chipping and rubbing at head of spine of jacket
noted on the copy in hand
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edge wear and small chips to jacket extremities
noted on the copy in hand
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rubbing to lower corners of jacket
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clean cream page-block edges with faint handling
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: William Collins Sons, London, 1983, 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.