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Room to Swing
by Ed Lacy
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. The 1957 stated 1st edition of this Edgar Award-winning detective novel, purportedly the first work of detective fiction starring an African-American lead private eye, in this case Toussaint Moore. A solid, prefectly serviceable copy. Tight and VG, with light lean at the spine and the removal of a bookplate at the rear endpaper, showing the remnants of glue. And in a crisp, price-intact ($2.95), VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing along the spine ends and the panel edges, light rubbing to the front panel and a bit of soiling at the rear panel. Still though, an appealing copy. Octavo, the stylish jacket design by Boill Hughes. From the front dustjacket flap: "If you're a Negro private eye from up North, you find it tricky sledding in a small Ohio town, close to the Kentucky border."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22535
- Title
- Room to Swing
- Author
- Ed Lacy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- rare detective fiction, rare mysteries, rare African-American detective fiction, rare African-American literature, rare Edgar Award-winning titles
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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