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The Chinese Parrot
by Earl Derr Biggers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Tomball, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Reprint Edition from Grosset & Dunlap (ca. 1932); A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this novel, the 2nd in the Charlie Chan series; scarce in this condition, particularly with the original dust jacket. This copy is in very good condition with a square, tight binding, bold black lettering over red boards, and clean, intact pages throughout; the book does show some fading at the spine head, some off-setting to the endpapers, a PO signature to the front pastedown, and some age-spotting to the exterior text block and a few of the pages. Housed in an original, intact good dust jacket that shows a large chip out of the spine head, a large, faint pencil mark to the spine, chipping and creasing to the panel ends and edges, corners, and the flap folds and edges, and some general rubbing and shelf wear to the panels. Overall, a nice book in the original, albeit rough, dust jacket; an affordable, collectible copy for the Chan collector. Not remaindered, not ex-library; in a protective cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2878
- Title
- The Chinese Parrot
- Author
- Earl Derr Biggers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition, Hardcover
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Bryan H. Young D.V.M.dba Grayshelf Books, 19111 Desert Eagle Dr., Tomball, Tx 77377Email - bhydvm@gmail.comWe accept payment by Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, checks, or money orders.Texas residents please add 8% sales tax.We guarantee all books to be as described.Additional scans of books will be provided upon request.
30 day full money back guarantee to include shipping costs if an item arrives damaged or not as described in listing.
About the Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Tomball, Texas
About Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Grayshelf Books is an online collectors library originating out of the love of collecting rare books. We specialize, but are not limited to, modern first editions from the 20th and 21st century. We also maintain inventory of rare works in the Science Fiction and Horror genres. We guarantee all of our books in regards to condition stated on the listings and all books are protected in mylar covers and shipped with the utmost care in sturdy boxes. Thanks for viewing our listings!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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