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Century Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ- orange boards; 7 X 5 X 1.60 inches .

Bookseller: Books End, New York, United States
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New York: Century Co., 1926. First Edition. Orange Cloth . Good/No Jacket. Duodecimo.

Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Illinois, United States
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The Century Co, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket, a few light stains to front board, hinges starting, pencil note on front paste-down endpaper, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1926 Hard Cover. v, 375 pp. An early bibliomystery. Constance has worked her way out of the confines of the stenographers' pool at the busy downtown Manhattan book shop Darrow's to a place that better suits her intelligence and sophistication. She works in the rare book room - specifically a section devoted to prints and engravings. Bookplates make up a sizable portion of this collection. As the story opens Constance is in charge of cataloging a large group of books recently purchased from a judge who lived in Richmond, Virginia. Among those books is a limited edition printing of a book entitled Notes on Medical Statutes in the Virgina Code by W. Clarihew. This particular copy, number 239 of 300, has an unusual pictorial bookplate thought to be the work of Hugh Colfax, a Revolution ... Read more

Bookseller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, New York, United States
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NY: Century Co.; (1926) First printing of this early bibliomystery involving bookplates, very good to very good- with no dust jacket. Orange cloth is worn at spine ends and lower corners, and there is a split in the cloth down the front gutter that is thin but noticeable.Bookplate pasted on front board is a little rubbed, but complete. No names or other markings in the book.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Bookseller: Tulsa Books, Oklahoma, United States
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1926: The Century Co., New York. Hardcover. Very Good +. 375 pp; engaging, period mystery; lacks dj, some rubbing to head and foot of spine

Bookseller: Maiden Voyage Booksellers, Maine, United States
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The Century Company, 1926. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine copy In a Near-Fine Jacket.First Edition.Geat Vintage Rare Biblio-mystery . Only Book Written as a Biblio-mystery on Book Plates.Very Rare In Jacket..

Bookseller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB, New Jersey, United States
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