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The D. A. Calls A Turn
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell and Company, Limited, London . Toronto . Melbourne and Sydney, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Tan coloured cloth covered boards with blue coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with blue and red coloured titles to the front panel and blue coloured titles to the back strip. First published in Great Britain in 1945, a novel about a crusading district attorney. Softening to the back strip edges with a little rubbing of the book corners. The spine is o so slightly cocked. Browning to the text block edges and lighter Browning of the pages with foxing to the top text block edge. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Browning, particularly to the back strip, of the dustwrapper with foxing. Foxing particularly to the creases and back strip. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [6], 3 - 215, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Fiction -- Crime; Inventory No: 0120171. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120171
- Title
- The D. A. Calls A Turn
- Author
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London . Toronto . Melbourne and Sydney
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Crime Fiction -- 1940s, District Attorney Crime Fiction; Fiction -- Crime; Unbranded Gardner, Erle Stanley The D. A. Calls A Turn
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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
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