Q's Mystery Stories
by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/Good +
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1937. First Thus. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Octavo. Blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, in the original 1937 dust jacket. Cloth faded at foot of spine and base edges of boards, and at head of spine. Boards and books clean and tight otherwise. Dust jacket worn with large chips around head of spine, rubbed joints and wear to edges, still a clean and rather good dj. Not so common in dust jacket. A collection of twenty stories from the Works of Sir Arhtur Qullier- Couch.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1758
- Title
- Q's Mystery Stories
- Author
- Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- stories, mystery
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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