The Art of the Mystery Story: A Collection of Critical Essays
by Haycraft, Howard [edited with a commentary by]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 545; G/G-; gray/black spine with black and beige text; dust jacket has sun darkening to exterior; chipped spine edges; lightly toned flaps; slight rubbing wear to edges; chipped spine edges to mylar wrap; cloth has mild wear to exterior; lightly bumped tail fore corner; text block has light tone to exterior edges; light ink to ffep; cracking to rear hinge; interior clean. 1334841. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1334841
- Title
- The Art of the Mystery Story: A Collection of Critical Essays
- Author
- Haycraft, Howard [edited with a commentary by]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...