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The Case of The Marsden Rubies (First Edition, Crime Club)
by Gribble, Leonard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good plus
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good plus. Black cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in red onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), stated first edition, pp. 322, [1] ad. Volume with spine ends slightly softened, text block edges toned, p.o. name and date (1931) ffep. Price-intact DJ toned with fading to spine and light wear to top edge. DJ with great blood-red hand artwork, signed "E
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1227
- Title
- The Case of The Marsden Rubies (First Edition, Crime Club)
- Author
- Gribble, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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