Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company; (1952). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good+ in a very good dust jacket. Pages are browning, but not as badly as usual with this title; owner's bookplate on verso of half title page. The first issue dust jacket (four Winston titles listed on rear panel) is a little sunned on the spine and has a some rubbing and light edgewear. $2.00 price is on front flap. A tight, square copy.

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Bookseller: Tulsa Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020916
Title: Five Against Venus
Author: Latham, Philip (pseudonym of Robert Shirley Richardson)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: John C. Winston Company; (1952)
Place of Publication: Philadelphia

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
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....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...