Sleuthing in the stacks, by Altrocchi, Rudolph - 1944

Kennikat Press, Port Washington, N.Y, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, orange-red cloth. Vg condition. Ex-lib copy, markings to opening pgs, text-block edges stamped, pocket in rear, spine label removed. Exterior mildly rubbed, else contents bright & clean, binding tight. xiii, 279 p., illus., facsim.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing, 1944, hardcover with cloth-backed paper boards, octavo, 279pp., frontispiece otherwise not illustrated. Book VG with sun to spine and top rear board, rubbing, mild edge wear, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, but with some toning throughout. No DJ.

Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 1944. Second printing as stated. Hardcover. Very Good -/good. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 1944. Second printing as stated. Very Good -/good.

Harvard University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harvard University Press, 1944. Octavo. Pictorial boards. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Red topstain, slight spine lean. Covers have light shelf wear and slight spine fading. No dust jacket as issued. 279 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Pr, 1944 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. xiii, 279 pp, 7 chapters, notes, index. Lightly foxed endpapers, front lower corner lightly bumped. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Rough cut fore-edge. Cloth-backed boards. Red cloth-covered spine, gilt lettering and ruling, blue paper-covered boards, and paper label on front board..

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ. Press, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Stamped inside, dustwrapper is price-clipped, w/expected tearing and wear, shelf-rub, rough-cut pages, minor foxing on the front end-pages. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

hardback. Very Good. Frontis. 2nd printing. Harvard U.P. 1944. Bookplate inside front cover. Endpapers somewhat darkened. A very good copy in worn dust wrapper.

Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1968. xiii, 279 [1]p., b/w illus., original red cloth. Reprint of the 1944 edition.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1944. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket (price clipped). Protected by a removable mylar clear-plastic sleeve. Corners are NOT bumped. Hinges are perfect. Handsome bookplate of Harvard University's Lowell House on the pastedown endpaper. Pages are otherwise clean, crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1944. First Edition in a second issue dust jacket which can be identified by "Excepts from Reviews" (rather than "The Loeb Classical Library") printed at the top of the jacket's rear inner flap. This is a spellbinding collection of tales of literary detection in the libraries and old bookshops in New York, Florence, Paris, and Dublin. Illustrated with 6 plates including a frontispiece. Bound in the original blue boards with a gilt-stamped red cloth spine and printed paper label on its front cover. From the dust jacket: "With a gay, humorous touch, the… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1944. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket (lightly foxed on the rear panel's white parts). NOT price clipped ($3.50). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Corners are NOT bumped. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1944. First Edition. True first printing which is identified by "The Loeb Classical Library" (rather than "Excepts from Reviews") printed at the top of the jacket's rear inner flap. This is a spellbinding collection of tales of literary detection in the libraries and old bookshops in New York, Florence, Paris, and Dublin. Illustrated with 6 plates including a frontispiece. Bound in the original blue boards with a gilt-stamped red cloth spine and printed paper label on its front cover. From the dust jacket: "With a… Read More