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First edition

The Skull Beneath the Skin

P. D. James
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. First edition, first printing.
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Book
Near Fine
Jacket
VG+
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades VG+.
Our ref
RCB-350d1102c24f
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-350d1102c24f · 10 photographs of this copy
✓
Scribner's, New York, 1982 — matches first year of publication
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Copyright © 1982 P.D. James on the copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
✓
ISBN 0-684-17773-0 (also printed on rear of jacket as 684-17773-0)
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Published simultaneously in US and Canada by Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Jacket design by Paul Bacon; author photo by Jerry Bauer
examined on the copy in hand
✓
No number line or later-printing statement on the copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
Rubbing and light wear to head/tail of jacket spine
see it — photograph 8
2
Edge wear and small chips along the right/fore edge of the rear jacket panel
see it — photograph 5
3
Toning and light foxing to the jacket flaps, heavier at the flap folds
see it — photograph 2
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: First US edition: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1982, with copyright dated 1982 (the year of first publication), ISBN 0-684-17773-0, 'Printed in the United States of America', Paul Bacon jacket design. Scribner's of this period generally carried no number line; first printings bear no later-printing notation.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.