THE CASE OF THE BARKING CLOCK
by Keeler, Harry Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Phoenix Press, 1947. 255 pages. 12mo. Scarce first printing of the second of Keeler's webworkian novels featuring crime analyst Tuttleton T. Trotter, a character loosely based on Sherlock Holmes. The plot is typical for Keeler--a deliberately convoluted web of strangely connected people and objects. Keeler was a prolific, though far from successful, writer, but since his death in 1967 he has developed a cult following that now includes science fiction writers Neil Gaiman and Philip José Farmer as well as television writer Ken Keeler. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight, with minor toning of endpapers; a tiny rusty paperclip mark on pages 240 & 241. The dust jacket is in very good condition: clean and bright, with some minor edgewear and a few very short closed tears and is now protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1376
- Title
- THE CASE OF THE BARKING CLOCK
- Author
- Keeler, Harry Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phoenix Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary First Editions; Mysteries and Thrillers;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...