The Secret House
by Wallace, Edgar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward Lock and Co, 1927. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good -/No Jacket. Octavo. First edition. 256 pages. Original Green blind-stamped cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Bumping and wear to corners and spine ends. Spine a little faded. Hinges cracked but binding sound. Page edges a little darkened. A good, tight copy of this uncommon edition. Ex-lib edition with stamps and bookplates..
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Details
- Seller
- krokodile books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000298
- Title
- The Secret House
- Author
- Wallace, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ward Lock and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Edgare Wallace
Terms of Sale
krokodile books
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return guarantee, with refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged.
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About the Seller
krokodile books
Biblio member since 2009
chorleywood, Hertfordshire
About krokodile books
Krokodile Books is a specialist bookseller
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...
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