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Ashton-Kirk Secret Agent
by McIntyre, John T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1912. American novelist John Thomas McIntyre (1871-1951) wrote ten mystery/crime titles; this is the third title in his Ashton-Kirk series. Hubin, 271. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition. Red cloth binding, titled in white on the spine and front cover. Tipped onto the front cover is a colour illustration of the dapper investigator (top hat, cane) reading a note.. Clean text; 332 pages. Frontis illustration and three others within by Ralph L. Boyer. Small bookseller stamp on the front paste-down. A solid-enough copy but not pristine: mild bumps, a moderate amount of soiling, spine faded (lettering still readable), page ends a bit dusty. Presents better than its description indicates. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Ralph L. Boyer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005665
- Title
- Ashton-Kirk Secret Agent
- Author
- McIntyre, John T
- Illustrator
- Ralph L. Boyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Penn Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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