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The Rubber Band.: A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
by STOUT, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart,, 1936. An early Nero Wolfe title in the unrestored jacket First edition, first printing, of the scarce third Nero Wolfe novel, notably rare in excellent condition with an unrestored dust jacket. The story was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post between February and April 1936 prior to its publication in book form on 9 April. A second printing, distinguished by the lack of the publisher's device on the copyright page, was issued in the following month. Provenance: from the collection of the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts (1941-2021), with his posthumous bookplate. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black within a rubber band border, top edge yellow, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Spine ends bumped and sunned, cloth otherwise vivid; unclipped jacket spine lightly sunned, else bright, shallow chip to spine ends, rubbing and a few nicks to edges: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172051
- Title
- The Rubber Band.
- Author
- STOUT, Rex
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Farrar & Rinehart,
- Date Published
- 1936
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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