London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. Omnibus. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. School prize bookplate on FFEP ; A tight solid book, beige cloth covered boards with black and blue lettering front and spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 1013 pages; This omnibus edition contains the following 4 books featuring the character Sir Edward Leithen: The Power-House (originally pub 1916), The Dancing Floor (pub 1926), John McNab (pub 1925) and The Gap in the Curtain ( pub 1932) as well as the short story Sing a Song of Sixpence (1928) from The Runagates Club. .

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21073
Title: The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen
Author: Buchan, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: Omnibus
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1938
Keywords: omnibus
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.

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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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
PUB: Common abbreviation for 'published'
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....