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Great American Mystery Stories of the 20th Century
by Editors
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 23 separate stories, by different authors, in a fancy edition. Features stories by the likes of O. Henry, Pearl Buck, Ed McBain, William Faulkner and others. With color frontis and cover panel paintings by John Ward. Includes a section of brief biographies of the authors at rear of volume. Published as part of Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. --- In navy leatherette covers, decorated in gilt; all edges gilt and with three raised spine bands. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, crisp, unmarked copy but with light scratching to textblock gilding.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall ; (14), 415 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76953
- Title
- Great American Mystery Stories of the 20th Century
- Author
- Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1989
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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