In Two Latitudes
by Simenon, Georges
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Routledge, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Georges Routledge & Sons 1942). First UK Edition. Publisher's pale-blue boards with black lettering to the spine. The cloth is bright, clean and fresh. A VG copy (spine tips a trifle tips; a former owner's neat name and place in ink to the front free end-paper; a small area of discolouration to the front paste-down (possibly caused by glue when the book was manufactured; and a tiny burn mark to the FFEP. The dustwrapper is priced 8s net. to the inside flap (as called for) and has a slither of loss at the spine tips (not affecting any lettering), a couple of short, closed edge tears and some minor marks to the panels. A scarce wartime Simenon first edition. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490723275
- Title
- In Two Latitudes
- Author
- Simenon, Georges
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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