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Puzzle in Purple: A Connie Blair Mystery
by Allen, Betsy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- Seller
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The Villages, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y. USA: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Presumed 1st Edition, 1st printing. No other printings or books listed on dust jacket. Copyright of 1948 listed on copyright page - no other dates. Riddle in Red synopsis on back flap. On page 213, The Secret of Black Gulch is mentioned as the next book. 213 pp. Brown covers with stamped girl's head in circle on front cover. Brown topstain. Brown print on covers with maroon endpapers and pastedowns. Dust jacket has one large chunk missing on spine, tears, wear and chipping. Owner wrote the name beau many times on inside of flap and light marks appear next to some book's names. Last book listed on rear of jacket is Cherry Ames at Spencer. Only Cherry Ames books listed on back of jacket
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- Bookseller
- D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124096
- Title
- Puzzle in Purple: A Connie Blair Mystery
- Author
- Allen, Betsy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y. USA
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children, juvenile, fiction, Connie Blair Mystery, children's series, children's mystery,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reading-Intermediate; Vintage-Children; Reading-Young Teens;
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About the Seller
D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
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The Villages, Florida
About D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
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Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Copyright page
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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....
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