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Death of a Racehorse
by John Creasey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. First US Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $2.95 is still present on the front flap and DJ is housed in an older mylar sleeve. DJ shows toning, mainly on the back and there is what appears to be a tear in the upper left corner of the front. Light green cloth boards underneath show only very minor spotting/soiling and minor edge wear. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates, no handwriting, no library markings, no remainder marks. Pages show very light toning but are clean. First edition thus with a single date of 1959 appearing on the copyright page. There is also a publishers code of A-I.62 [M H].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2220491
- Title
- Death of a Racehorse
- Author
- John Creasey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 190
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Fiction; Mystery;
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Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG+/VG-
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very...
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