New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, N.d. [ca 1920s]. Early reprint. Octavo. Blue linen over boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 537pp; illus. Tight, Near Fine copy. In the scarce pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap), lightly soiled and edgeworn; Very Good.

An undated reprint. Based solely on the jacket price, and lacking other evidence, likely issued between ca. 1918 and 1925, a period during which most of Scribner's new titles were selling for $2.00. Gaboriau's classic detective novel, introducing his character Monsieur LeCoq, was originally published in the U.S. in 1870, by James R. Osgood.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 62080
Title: File No. 113. Translated from the French of Emile Gaboriau
Author: GABORIAU, Emile
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: N.d. [ca 1920s]
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction; Literature Before 1900; France;

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.