The Burglar's Fate and the Detectives
by Pinkerton, Alan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, 1908. Originally published in 1883. This is Number 14 in the "Alan Pinkerton's Detective Stories" series. There is no publication date, but probably 1908, judging by place in the series (also missing is the second copyright, by Joan Chalmers, that is normally seen). A Very Good copy. Light green cloth binding with reddish-brown stamped lettering and design featuring the "We Never Sleep" logo. Clean text; 344 pages. Light general wear; owner signature on FFEP. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001995
- Title
- The Burglar's Fate and the Detectives
- Author
- Pinkerton, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- G.W. Dillingham Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- 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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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.