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Artists in Crime: Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dust Wrappers, 1920-70
by Cooper, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1859281885
- ISBN 13
- 9781859281888
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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NZ$58.44NZ$35.06
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About This Item
Hampshire, England: Scolar Press, 1995. First British Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Essential reference guide to the dust jacket art & artists on crime & mystery fiction across the mid-20th century, heavily weighted toward British editions, though a few American artists are included. Each DJ is pictured & a brief description of the book & DJ & art/artist significance is provided.A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from Britain, this hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Looks, feels, & smells Brand New! Completely clean, feels never opened. Binding tight & square, pages white. Unclipped DJ is also Fine, virtually flawless.Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.SORRY: No international or expedited shipping without substantial (at least double) postage increase per USPS rates.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011987
- Title
- Artists in Crime: Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dust Wrappers, 1920-70
- Author
- Cooper, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1859281885
- ISBN 13
- 9781859281888
- Publisher
- Scolar Press
- Place of Publication
- Hampshire, England
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- MYSTERY DETECTIVE SUSPENSE BOOK COLLECTING COLLECTIBLE FIRST EDITION IDENTIFICATION ILLUSTRATOR DUST JACKET DJ COVER ART ARTISTS CRIME FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Art-Artists; Books About Books;
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- First Edition
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- New
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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...
- 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....
- Gilt
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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