The Big Bow Mystery
by Zangwill, I
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, 1895. Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) is best known for his Zionist, Feminist, and Socialist works, but he also wrote what is often acknowledged as the first "locked room mystery." Originally serialized in "The Star," and published by Henry in 1892. [Hubin, 449] A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of an early American printing [designated as "Alpha Library'] with the 1895 copyright date. An uncommon edition. This copy in green ribbed cloth binding, decoratively stamped, with titling on the spine and front cover ingilt. Clean text; viii; Note; 243 pages. Top edge is gilt; ribbon marker is present. Mild rub to the margins of the spine and a small ding to the top front edge of the cover. In an archival plastic protector. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005863
- Title
- The Big Bow Mystery
- Author
- Zangwill, I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
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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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