MONKSHOOD
by Phillpotts, Eden
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. About Very Good/Good Plus. A mid-career mystery from this prolific British writer, who, in addition to over 100 novels, also wrote poetry, radio plays and a variety of non-fiction from the 1890s well into the 1950s. "Monkshood" is a story about a chef, an unfaithful wife and a doctor, who long after the fact, reconstructs a murder by poison of a poisoner whose own attempt at murder was a failure. Blue cloth-covered boards show some spotting and dampstaining, and a slight spine lean, o/w boards and text are clean, unmarked and tight, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows considerable wear and creasing along the edges and at the corners with a large chip missing at the top of the spine and lesser but still significant chipping at the spine bottom, with the publisher's name partially gone. That said, the dj is about 85 to 90% whole with no other lettering or design elements missing. All four corners of the dj flaps have been clipped, though the original $2 price remains. A far-from-perfect but still quite decent copy for anyone interested in Phillpotts' sometimes bizarre plots and eccentric characters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004988
- Title
- MONKSHOOD
- Author
- Phillpotts, Eden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, CRIME, ENGLAND, POISON, ETERNAL TRIANGLE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; Amateur Sleuth; Cozy Mystery;
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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