The Winking Ruby Mystery (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. Another volume in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Book #19 in the original series, first published in 1957, this is a slightly later printing of that First Edition, listing to DG #22 in front matter, CA #21 on rear flap, ND #36 on rear DJ. With the blue tweed cover design, this hardcover book has 20 chapters, 181 pages, flashlight endpapers, & plain frontispiece. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & square, pages slightly off-white. Very slight rubbing to extremities & mildly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is VG, with light-moderate rubbing, some shallow creases & small chips, & mild spine fading. Looks nice 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 #
- 019320
- Title
- The Winking Ruby Mystery (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- 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;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- VG+/VG-
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very...