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Maigret's Boyhood Friend
by Georges Simenon | Eileen Ellenbogen (Translated from the French by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 8vo. 182pp. Bound in the original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows just the slightest hint of shelf rubbing along the bottom edge, otherwise is Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows the back panel lightly toned, a small closed tear at the spine and hinge, slight shelf rubbing of the edges, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful and distinct. As pictured.
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- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L232
- Title
- Maigret's Boyhood Friend
- Author
- Georges Simenon | Eileen Ellenbogen (Translated from the French by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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