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THE SIGN AT SIX
by Stewart Edward White
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. THE SIGN AT SIX- Stewart Edward White- Ill. by M. Leone Bracker- Bobbs-Merrill- Indiannapolis- 1912-1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG/ no dj- Original publishers dark green cloth with gilt titles on cover and spine-rubbed with light corner bumps-but tight textblock and spine- 265pp all clean and crisp- no tears or writing- a lovely copy!- Originally appeared in 3 parts in Oct. 1910, as "The City of Dread" in The Popular Magazine. "A sequel to 'The Mystery' A second incident in the life of Percy Darrow, scientific playboy. . ., Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-264 [265] [266: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], six inserted plates with glossy magnificent B&W illustrations by M. Leone Bracker, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind. First edition.-SEE PHOTOS- Protagonist thwarts "mad" scientist who has developed a method for cutting off light, sound, and heat waves and threatens to use this knowledge to take control of New York City.- Fiction-science-fiction-fantasy-detective-illustrated (3052) . 1st Edition. Cloth. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by M. Leone Bracker. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3052
- Title
- THE SIGN AT SIX
- Author
- Stewart Edward White
- Illustrator
- M. Leone Bracker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Fiction-science-fiction-fantasy-detective-illustrated
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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