The Albatross
by Mystery - Armstrong, Charlotte
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this novelette and nine other short stories. Included in Queen's Quorum (#115). This is the Goldstone copy with Adrian Goldstone's bookplate to inside front board. SIGNED by Vincent Starrett on the half-title page. A very good copy overall with some heavy shelfwear and some tape ghosts from an old dustwrapper protector to bottom edges of boards. Price intact dustwrapper in very good condition with some typical rubbing. Includes the story "The Enemy
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007232
- Title
- The Albatross
- Author
- Mystery - Armstrong, Charlotte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Mystery, Queen's Quorum
Terms of Sale
Derringer Books
All books returnable for full refund within two weeks of delivery.
About the Seller
Derringer Books
Biblio member since 2005
Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
Professional seller of quality first editions in all fields. Visitation by appointment.
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- 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...
- Rubbing
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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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...