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Shanghai Jim
by PACKARD, Frank L
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co. Limited, 1928. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. vi, 374p. 19.5 cm. Orange hardcover binding with black impressing on front board and spine. Illustrated dustjacket wrapped in protective mylar. Chips and tears to edges of jacket, esp. spine ends. Jacket spine is sunned and panels are rubbed. Some soiling to white rear panel. Spine ends a bit softened. Faint soiling to text block edge and half title. Light stains and offsetting to endpapers.
Frank L. Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist and author of numerous novels in the adventure-fiction genre. This book, a first Canadian edition, contains 4 short novels: Shanghai Jim; The Mandarin's Hoard; The Marauder; and The Impostor.
Frank L. Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist and author of numerous novels in the adventure-fiction genre. This book, a first Canadian edition, contains 4 short novels: Shanghai Jim; The Mandarin's Hoard; The Marauder; and The Impostor.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145604
- Title
- Shanghai Jim
- Author
- PACKARD, Frank L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian edition
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Literature; Adventure Fiction; Canadian Literature; Canadiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure and Westerns;
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
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