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The Velvet Well
by Gearon, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Jacques Deran sits in the New York hotel lobby waiting to turn over some papers so he would be free to live his own life again. When he finds the man he was to meet murdered, the chase and terror begin. Later printing. Gently bumped with tape residue to the boards. Hinges cracked, pages well tanned, with the previous owner's name stamped on the front end papers and evidence of a bookplate or stamp pad removal from the rear end paper. Possible ex-library but no library indications. Jacket rubbed and lightly foxed with a touch of wear at the edges. Tape residue to the flaps, damp stain to the rear flap, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 180063
- Title
- The Velvet Well
- Author
- Gearon, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Bloodhound Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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