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Nothing More Than Murder
by Thompson, Jim
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Thompson's first mystery in the scarce original jacket. There is a stamp on the front pastedown from a book & library service, a scuff on the front free end paper from sticker removal, and a typewritten blurb glued to the rear free end paper. No other library indications. The spine ends are bumped with a bit of rubbing to the edges of the green boards. Light tape residue to the boards and end papers where an old jacket protector had been attached. Previous owner's name stamped on the front pastedown. The binding is square and solid. The jacket has internal stiff paper reinforcement to the spine and flap folds as well as the upper and lower edges. Jacket is rubbed with small chips at the corners and spine ends, flaps are corner clipped with a crease to the rear flap, in newer mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- D130720
- Title
- Nothing More Than Murder
- Author
- Thompson, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case 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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