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DANGEROUS Mr. DELL
by Hume, David (pseudonym of (J(ohn) V(ictor) Turner) 05b
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE book, VG+ DJ. DJ with $2.00 price, clean & bright as new.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY, London: Appleton Century. FINE book, VG+ DJ. DJ with $2.00 price, clean & bright as new.. 1935. 1st Am ed.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). FLAWLESS: save for extreme spine ends. FAE, "1" on last text page. 19.5x13(cm).278pp. . Published same year in Britain by Collier. Ribbed, moire purple cloth. Gilt lettered spine, gilt skull on spine & upper board. Book's sole flaws are (1) 3/16" at spine top sunned & (2) 1/16" at spine heel bent in. ALSO, book stays tightly closed when stood on its spine. DJ bright as new but: (1) minor edgewear, (2) 2" split at front upper gutter, (3) dime size spot on upper spine. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002028
- Title
- DANGEROUS Mr. DELL
- Author
- Hume, David (pseudonym of (J(ohn) V(ictor) Turner) 05b
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New FINE book, VG+ DJ. DJ with $2.00 price, clean & bright as new.
- Edition
- 1st Am ed.
- Publisher
- Appleton Century
- Place of Publication
- NY, London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). FLAWLESS: save for extreme spine ends., FAE, "1" on last text page. 19.5x13(cm).278pp.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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