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DREADFUL SUMMIT
by Ellin, Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ellin, Stanley. DREADFUL SUMMIT. New York: Simon And Schuster, 1948. First Edition of Stanley Ellin's first book, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. 8vo. 181pp. A very good copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine, lacking the dustwrapper. The notable Goldstone copy, with Adrian Homer Goldstone's neat bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Adapted into the 1951 film, The Big Night, with John Drew Barrymore. Provenance: The 1981 Goldstone Sale of Mystery & Detective Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TBCL The Book Collection Library
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31980
- Title
- DREADFUL SUMMIT
- Author
- Ellin, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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- Electronic List TBCL; ITSAMYSTERY;
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About the Seller
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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