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The Secret of the Jade Ring (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Another volume in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Book #15 in the original series, first published in 1953, this is a slightly later printing of that First Edition, listing to DG#22 & ND#37 in front matter & to DG#22 on front flap, JB#31 on rear flap, ND #36 on back cover. With the blue tweed cover design, this hardcover book has 25 chapters, 213 pages, flashlight endpapers, & plain frontispiece. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, corners crisp, binding strong & square, pages mildly tanned but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG+, with slight chipping at spine tips & very mild rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new mylar cover FREE! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023587
- Title
- The Secret of the Jade Ring (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- DANA GIRLS SISTERS COLLEGE STUDENTS FICTION CHILDREN'S SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS FEMALE DETECTIVE SLEUTH YA YOUNG ADULT WRAP DJ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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