- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Linden Avenue Books, Salem, OR, U.S.A.Linden Avenue Books
AbeBooks seller since November 7, 2025
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 24.64
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Bantam Books, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Condition: Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in quarter black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, black paper boards. Spine is straight, corners are sharp and binding is very firm. The interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped illustrated dustjacket shows original $16.95 price, a bit scuffed with edgewear and residue of an old price sticker on the back cover. Now protected in a clear archival mylar cover. "Embassy House" was the name given the CIA headquarters in each of the provincial capitals in Vietnam. Second novel from the author of the acclaimed Gardens of Stone. Carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box.
Seller Inventory # 10881
- Title
- The Embassy House
- Author
- Proffitt, Nicholas
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0553051288
- ISBN 13
- 9780553051285
- Illustrator
- Larry Lurin, cover art
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Action and adventure, Fiction, Vietnam War
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Linden Avenue Books
Salem, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 7, 2025
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| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
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| First item | £ 4.86 | £ 20.93 |
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Linden Avenue Books is independently owned and operated and located in Salem, Oregon. We feature a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, including biographies, history and literature, with over 90% of our inventory consisting of first editions. Every book is carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. Additional photos for all books are available on request: lindenavenuebooks@gmail.com
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Linden Avenue Books
OR, U.S.A.
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