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According to the Evidence
by Cecil, Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Fifth crime novel by this British judge, writing under a pen name, though only the third to be published in America, and featuring ex-safecracker Ambrose Low, his wife Elizabeth, and Colonel Brain. Of particular note is the jacket art, by Andy Warhol, before he found fame in the pop art world; there is also a jacket blurb by P. G, Wodehouse. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated first edition (first printing). Light wear to book; corners rubbed & tanned; price-clipped jacket shows some chipping, tanned spine; endsheets & pages tanned, couple of small stains to top edge. Text clean, no names or marks. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Andy Warhol. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0435
- Title
- According to the Evidence
- Author
- Cecil, Henry
- Illustrator
- Andy Warhol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Mystery, British Mystery, Crime Fiction, Murder Mystery
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
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