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Straw Man
by Doris Miles Disney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. R6 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price clipped, some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and few small tears on the edges and corners, some scattered fading, light scratches, rubbing, scuffing, and soiled patches, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, cover edgewear, some wrinkling on the spine edges, lightly darkened endpapers, light tanning, and shelf wear. A Crime Club Selection. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8"x5.25". 224 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Doris Miles Disney was an American mystery writer. She wrote 47 novels, many of which were best sellers; several were made into feature films or TV movies. In 14 of her writing years Disney published two novels, and the Times noted that "Since 1945, one or more of her books has been published each year." Her last novel was published posthumously. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2401ec13
- Title
- Straw Man
- Author
- Doris Miles Disney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION
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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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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"...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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