I am Jonathan Scrivener
by Houghton, Claude
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1930. James Wrexham is hired as personal librarian to the mysterious Jonathan Scrivener, a man he has never met. James inhabits Scrivener's apartment with his books, and even inherits his friends, each of whom has barely met Scrivener and sees him differently. First U.S. edition. One of the first Inner Sanctum mysteries with an explanatory letter from the publisher bound in. Bumped, rubbed and tanned with wear to the edges. Tears to the spine with 1" loss to the head and a 2" loss to the heel. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Paperback. Fair/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D150432
- Title
- I am Jonathan Scrivener
- Author
- Houghton, Claude
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
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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
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....