Mystery of the Black Diamonds (A Young Adult Mystery)
by Whitney, Phyllis A
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Signet/New American Library, 1974. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. One in a highly collectible series of YA mysteries from the late 1970s by the famed author of suspenseful gothic mysteries for adults. Orig. written in 1954, this is the First Printing of the First Signet/New American Library mass market paperback edition from May 1974 (Signet 451-Q5906), in 175 pages. Condition is VG+: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages unmarked but heavily tanned to edges, commensurate with age. Light creasing & rubbing to extremities, heaviest along interface of spine & front cover. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021832
- Title
- Mystery of the Black Diamonds (A Young Adult Mystery)
- Author
- Whitney, Phyllis A
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet/New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- MYSTERY SUSPENSE THRILLER YA YOUNG ADULT VINTAGE PAPERBACK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.