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The Bag of Diamonds
by G. Manville Fenn
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Arthur Westbrook Company, Cleveland, 1910-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. The Arthur Westbrook Company, Cleveland Ohio, #11 in the Great American Detective Series of dime novels. [Published date: No date listed, probably sometime between 1910 -1930. According to J. Randolph Cox's The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book, there were three different editions of this series issued. This would be the second edition because it lists 50 titles on the back cover. In acceptable to poor condition. Paper covers with color illustration on front. 1" slit to covers along bottom fold along front edge of spine. Light chipping and nicking to edges of covers. Moderate to heavy creasing, scuffing and aging to covers as well. with some of the color scuffed off. Spine is creased but binding is still solid, (stapled and glued) with some tearing to the rear cover near the staples. Pages are aged with moderate to heavy damp staining along edges. NOT Ex-Library. No remainder marks. A delicate reading copy only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Epilonian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20170131001
- Title
- The Bag of Diamonds
- Author
- G. Manville Fenn
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Arthur Westbrook Company, Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1910-01-01
- Keywords
- Fiction, Dime Novels
Terms of Sale
Epilonian Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Epilonian Books
Biblio member since 2009
Manhattan Beach, California
About Epilonian Books
Epilonian Books is a small bookseller dedicated to preserving ephemera and any esoteric or imminently extinct written work.
Glossary
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- 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....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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