Meet Me at the Morgue
by Macdonald, John Ross
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/VG-
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1953. First edition stated. Yellow patterned boards are moderately soiled and worn with bumped tips and moderate fraying at spine ends. Spine cocked a bit. Inscribed by author "For Al & Claire, these sonnets, Aff'ly, Ken Millar". Extremely rare signed to friends. Jacket has 1' triangular chip at top of front panel, some light scratching, small amount of paper loss at spine ends and rear fold. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012720
- Title
- Meet Me at the Morgue
- Author
- Macdonald, John Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...