Murder in the Gunroom
by Piper, H Beam
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing 1953. Hardback book is tight with slight lean. Boards have lightly bumped and rubbed corners, joints rubbed, with toning to edges. Spine is toned with bumping and rubbing to ends. Text block has toning to edges. The pages are clean and unmarked. Feels carefully read and well bound. Very good condition. No jacket. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A tight and clean first print copy of this detective title, Piper's first published novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007154
- Title
- Murder in the Gunroom
- Author
- Piper, H Beam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 249
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.54 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Thiller and Crime;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.