The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harold Hill & Son, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are bright and clear with mild foxing and tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Pen inscription to publishing page. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild warping, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Synopsis
A special treat for Nancy Drew fans! Out just in time for Nancy's 80th anniversary, we're releasing a limited number of copies of The Secret of the Old Clock , the first book in the series. It's the exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for 80 years, with a terrific new look and bonus material! Collectors won't want to miss this.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710167791MEP
- Title
- The Secret of the Old Clock
- Author
- Carolyn Keene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harold Hill & Son
- Date Published
- 1954
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...