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The Ivory Grin
by MacDonald, Ross
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange/cream decorative boards, dark grey topstain. Stated first edition. PO name/info stamped to ffep and rear endpage. Faint bit of sticker or plate remnant to ffep. Slight foxing, primarily to endpages/edges. Spine ends softened, board edges rubbed/sunned. Hint of a lean. Hinges sound. The DJ in mylar is chipped/edgeworn/rubbed, rubbed through at flap folds, slightly foxed to flaps/verso. Flap price $2.50. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Silver Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36538
- Title
- The Ivory Grin
- Author
- MacDonald, Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
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