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The Wooden Indian (A Fleming Stone Detective Story)
by Wells, Carolyn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia/London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1935. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Good/Poor. Another in the authors' widely acclaimed mystery series (which ran 1909-1942) featuring scholarly, bookish, New York City detective Fleming Stone. From Lippincott, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1935. Hardcover12mo has bright orange cloth-covered boards stamped in black lettering & design to front & spine. Condition is Good, marred by heavy rubbing to lower extremities with cloth loss. Else, binding secure, hinges secure, soil to outside page edges, interior clean & unmarked save for former owner's name in pen to ffep, thus Poor condition, but what remains is colorful & so evocative of the era! 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 Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021969
- Title
- The Wooden Indian (A Fleming Stone Detective Story)
- Author
- Wells, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia/London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- DETECTIVES NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS FICTION MYSTERY SERIES FEMALE WOMEN AUTHORS 20TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Native Americans-First Nations;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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