THE MAGNIFICENT HOAX
by OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1936. First US edition, first printing. First US edition, first printing. Original black cloth with yellow lettering to spine and front panel, in the Raymond Thayer designed dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. There are a handful of very light spots to fore- and upper edges. Spine tips are softened and lightly rubbed. In the rubbed, nicked, lightly soiled, original dustwrapper, with a 1 cm closed tear (with associated crease) to the lower edge of the rear panel, and a 1.5 cm tear to the upper edge of the front panel, both neatly sealed with tape to the verso. Neatly price-clipped to the upper edge of the front flap. "[T]he sordid, murky life of London's waterfront and habitués of the most exclusive of its West End restaurants are linked together in Mr. Oppenheim's latest story" (from the jacket). (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21287
- Title
- THE MAGNIFICENT HOAX
- Author
- OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First US edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1936
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...