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The Second Mystery Book (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four Novelettes)
by Stout, Rex; Abbot, Anthony; Wylie, Philip; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David and Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair in New dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Fair in New dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cover corners and spine ends worn. External hinges worn with a split along the rear hinge about half of the length of the spine in each direction. The spine head is also split. Internally, the binding is broken and held by the mull at the title page. Binding is otherwise sound and functional. Several small stains and signs of repeat readings found throughout the text. Facsimile dust jacket is in as new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 471 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7323
- Title
- The Second Mystery Book (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four Novelettes)
- Author
- Stout, Rex; Abbot, Anthony; Wylie, Philip; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David and Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Fair in New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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