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Spring Harrowing: An Asey Mayo Mystery
by Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: W.W. Norton & Company. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288pp. Deckle fore edge. Sand cloth w crisp black lettering on spine. Very light bumping to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows wear to head, shallow chipping to tail and faint moisture stain to back panel. DJ now preserved in Brodart cover. Octavo: 21 x 15.5cm. Book 14 in the Asey Mayo Mystery series of 22 titles. Originally published in 1939, Norton reissued the series between 1961 and 1965.
Murder fits thrillingly into an atmosphere of windswept dune and sea, and inimitable characters fall into adventures both grisly and gay.
Murder fits thrillingly into an atmosphere of windswept dune and sea, and inimitable characters fall into adventures both grisly and gay.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045245
- Title
- Spring Harrowing: An Asey Mayo Mystery
- Author
- Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Asey Mayo (fictional character). Asey Mayo Mystery (series) Cape Cod -- Fiction Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, 1909-1976 NOISBN Private Investigators
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Fiction;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
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