The C.V.C. Murders
by Williams, Kirby
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co/Crime Club, 1929. The first Dr. Thackeray Place mystery. "The murderer struck three times - and on each dead forehead he had scratched the initials C.V.C." Bumped and rubbed with fraying and drip marks, 1/2" chip at the spine head. Hinges cracked, front hinge nearly detached, drip marks to the upper edge of the text block. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D150069
- Title
- The C.V.C. Murders
- Author
- Williams, Kirby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co/Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- 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....
- 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,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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