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The Tiger in the Smoke
by Allingham, Margery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First American edition, very good black cloth hardcover shows a very faint ring stain to front cover, rubbing to covers and cover edges, handful of tiny indent spots at rear cover, light lean to spine, tape remnants running length of both front and rear pastedowns with tape shadows to endpapers opposite from previous tape down of inner flaps, rental library notations at front endpaper, a handful of corner wrinkles to pages, gift shop ink stamps (3 to front endpaper, 1 to top page edges, 1 to rear endpaper and 1 to rear pastedown) and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows ring stain visible at reverse of front panel, tape remnants at middle of fore edges of inner flaps, mild soil and edgewear that includes small closed tears and some very shallow open chipping at spine ends. 254 pages. Still a solid copy in jacket that was apparently part of rental library rented out by gift shop though there is indication by whom or when or how often etc. and there are no library marks. Still a solid copy in jacket of this mystery featuring Albert Campion.
Synopsis
Margaret Allingham was a prolific writer who sold her first story at age eight and published her first novel before turning 20. Allingham went on to become one of the pre-eminent writers who helped bring the detective story to maturity in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31774
- Title
- The Tiger in the Smoke
- Author
- Allingham, Margery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Butte, Montana; Collectibles; Great Falls, Montana; Helena, Montana; Missoula, Montana ; Rare Books ; Used Books;
Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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