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A Hand in the Game
by Hunting, Gardner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. A young man's errant snowball throw strikes a beautiful young lady. When he offers to make amends, she asks him to deliver a letter for her and he is drawn into a mystery which could cost them both their lives. Hunting wrote extensively in a number of genres, including relition, science fiction, and silent movies in Hollywood. Hubin lists this as his only mystery. Red boards with bright gilt lettering, spine slightly darkened. Bumped and rubbed with a bit of wear and fraying at the corners and spine ends. Hinges loose with the front hinge cracked, binding cocked. Uncommon first edition.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marchand, J. N. (Frontispiece).
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160189
- Title
- A Hand in the Game
- Author
- Hunting, Gardner
- Illustrator
- Marchand, J. N. (Frontispiece)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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