THE MAN WHO COULD NOT SHUDDER
by Carr, John Dickson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Printing, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 313 pages; VG/G+; spine is blue with black and white lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has price uncut '$2.00', has moderate wear along the top and bottom edges, with chipping at the top and bottom of the spine and on the fore edge corners, has minor creasing along the sides of the spine, has a large closed tear on the back cover that has been repaired with tape; binding has minor shelf wear, has adhesive residue on the inner back cover; pages have faded blue along the top edge, minor age toning and minimal detachment; EH Consignment; shelved Case 6. 1326542. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1326542
- Title
- THE MAN WHO COULD NOT SHUDDER
- Author
- Carr, John Dickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...