The Bishop Murder Case: a Philo Vance Story
by Van Dine, S.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribners, 1929 First Edition. A Philo Vance mystery. Scribner seal on copyright page. Black cloth stamped in blue. viii, 349pp. Three pages of ads at back. Top page edges stained grey. Page foredges uncut. Small bookplate and name onflyleaf. Square. Clean. Tight. no jacket. Very good condition..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15564
- Title
- The Bishop Murder Case: a Philo Vance Story
- Author
- Van Dine, S.S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Mystery, Detective Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
Terms of Sale
Cultural Connection
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About the Seller
Cultural Connection
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Cape Coral, Florida
About Cultural Connection
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...