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Cambodian Quest
by Robert J. Casey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Springfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1931. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Book Signed by Author. Warmly inscribed copy of Casey’s “Jazz Age†crime novel which was drawn from a combination of his reports on the mobs in Chicago for the Chicago Daily News and his travels in the Orient. He has signed on the front free end paper: “For / [name] / Who for some odd reason wanted an autograph – / In astonishment, / Bob Casey / Chicago ? Nov. 15 -31.†Likely to be a first edition, but Bobbs-Merrill was not consistent in how it designated a first edition at the time, so I have not flagged it as such Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 304 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is a bit shaken with a crack in the gutter of the half-title, exposing the webbing. The cheap paper is tanned from age, but still supple. Bound in orange cloth over boards with an embossed title printed in a darker orange on the front cover and spine. Wear at the tips, exposing the boards at the bottom corners. The spine is darkened from exposure with wear at the folds and some fraying at the head and foot. The book is in a *facsimile* dust jacket (clearly marked as such) that is in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1930s; Antiquarian & Rare. Signed by Author. Main Picture: Casey (1931) Cambodian Quest (Signed) - Front cover and spine with inset showing the signature and date. Picture 2: Casey (1931) Cambodian Quest (Signed) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 3: Casey (1931) Cambodian Quest (Signed) - Front panel and spine of the *facsimile* dust jacket. Picture 4: Casey (1931) Cambodian Quest (Signed) - Inscription by the author on the front free endpaper. Picture 5: Casey (1931) Cambodian Quest (Signed) - Title page with the copyright notice on the verso. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1355. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1355
- Title
- Cambodian Quest
- Author
- Robert J. Casey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- BZDB22 Crime Fiction; United States; 1930s; Antiquarian & Rare. Signed by Author Unbranded Robert J. Casey Cambodian Quest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Ohio residents must pay the required state sales tax for intra-state sales. Thirty (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
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Biblio member since 2007
Springfield, Ohio
About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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