The Corpse on the White House Lawn
by Diplomat (John Franklin Carter)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Covici Friede Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers soiled. Spine darkened and worn at ends (missing 1/8" at top). Owner bookplate on stained / foxed endpapers. Page edges show light soiling. Internal paper quality is good and bright. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 274 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 910094
- Title
- The Corpse on the White House Lawn
- Author
- Diplomat (John Franklin Carter)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Covici Friede Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Novel Ideas Books
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About the Seller
Novel Ideas Books
Biblio member since 2004
Decatur, Illinois
About Novel Ideas Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...