The Crimson Patch: An Asey Mayo Mystery of Cape Cod
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1936. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, stated. No indication of later printings. Red cloth with black and yellow stamping on front board and spine. Boards clean and remarkably bright, tips very gently bumped with light wear from handling. Spine with a bit of lean, head & heel very gently bumped. Binding sound, though very lightly cracked at front hinge and appears to be missing front end paper. Text block toned. Previous owner's name on title page, below title, else contents unmarked. Smudge on page with list of author's other works, pp 13, 14 with light corner crease..
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070261
- Title
- The Crimson Patch: An Asey Mayo Mystery of Cape Cod
- Author
- Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...