Back Room in Somers Town
by Malcolm, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684183013
- ISBN 13
- 9780684183015
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. First U.S. printing of the first Tim Simpson mystery. Spine slightly cocked, two tiny nicks to the upper edge of the rear board. Binding cracked at page 27-28, light foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket has a small chip at the upper front spine fold, flaps tanned, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D140248
- Title
- Back Room in Somers Town
- Author
- Malcolm, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0684183013
- ISBN 13
- 9780684183015
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....