The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy, 1931-1951
by Gould, Chester; Herb Galewitz, Editor; Ellery Queen, Introduction
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394419642
- ISBN 13
- 9780394419640
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Chelsea House, 1970. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Chelsea House, 1970, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", xxviii+291pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w strips of the comics series. Ribbed black cloth with blind embossed full cover silhouette of Dick Tracy, yellow spine titles. The true first edition, first edition stated and published in 1970, with a 9 digit Standard Book Number (394419642 on dust jacket and 39441964Z on copyright page; price of $15.00 on dj flap). Dust spotting along top edge of page block, else fine, near pristine - bright, unworn in near fine dust jacket with minor loss at the crown, a few, short closed tears/minor edge wear and some foxing to verso (facing the book). . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009931
- Title
- The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy, 1931-1951
- Author
- Gould, Chester; Herb Galewitz, Editor; Ellery Queen, Introduction
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0394419642
- ISBN 13
- 9780394419640
- Publisher
- Chelsea House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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