Black Orchids. A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery [with Cordially Invited to Meet Death]
by STOUT, REX
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941, 1942, 1942. First Edition. Cloth with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good +. Octavo. Brick-red cloth, black lettering, pp. viii, 271. Housed in a price-clipped dust jacket with chips to the corners and spine ends, slightly rubbed and dust soiled, minute tanning to endpapers, edges dust soiled, previous owner's signature to the first free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy in a good plus dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31348
- Title
- Black Orchids. A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery [with Cordially Invited to Meet Death]
- Author
- STOUT, REX
- Format/Binding
- Cloth with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, 1941, 1942
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Mystery Fiction
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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