The Governor of Chi-Foo and Other Detective Stories
by Wallace, Edgar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good (Minus)
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cleveland/New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, 1933. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Pebbled red cloth binding, ruled, with spine titling in gilt. The front cover features a logo reading "The Detective Series." Clean text; unpaginated (200?); red topstain. One corner slightly bumped, and a bit of a lean; else a Fine copy. The striking dustjacket, gold and with menacing Chinese figures, shows some wear, with wrinkling at the top and several chips along the bottom. A nice copy, nonetheless. In an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (Minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005126
- Title
- The Governor of Chi-Foo and Other Detective Stories
- Author
- Wallace, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (Minus)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The World Syndicate Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland/New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Pebbled
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Fine
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