THE ORDEAL OF MRS. SNOW AND OTHER STORIES
by Quentin, Patrick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition bound in red cloth with hint of edgewear and upper corners bumped. Front inner hinge just starting - see photo. Complete in 256 bright pages. the jacket with darkened spine and some light foxing and light edgewear. - From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77236
- Title
- THE ORDEAL OF MRS. SNOW AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Quentin, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Mystery, Thrillers, Stories
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Points of Issue
- Points are physical attributes that are specific to a printing or edition of a book, such as a typo on a specific page that was...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...