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The Black Curtain
by Woolrich, Cornell
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941. First Edition. Good/Good. First edition. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in white and black. Good, with darkening and a lean to the spine, wear to cloth with light staining from an old-style dust jacket protector (affecting end sheets as well), creases to page corners, slightly exposed hinge at front and rear hinge started. In a rather worn Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, edge wear with chipping, tape repair to split along front flap fold, bleeding from cloth mainly to verso, thinning along folds. A major novel by the American suspense writer (1903-1968) about a man with amnesia; it inspired a radio play and an episode of the TV show The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140939434
- Title
- The Black Curtain
- Author
- Woolrich, Cornell
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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