This is Murder
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Beverly Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The World Publishing Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. States First Printing July 19, 1994 on copyright page. Very good book, some wear, slightly shelf cocked, blue fading on top edges of book, rubbing on bottom edge of front and back cover and top and bottom of spine, and a card from the Detective Book Club. Very good to near fine DJ, some wear, tear on top edge of front jacket, holes on front jacket, and small chips on edges of spine of jacket.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookbid Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1509001
- Title
- This is Murder
- Author
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1944
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
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