The Complete Professor Challenger Stories
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (16s. net), toned at the spine, generally rubbed and soiled, multiple creases, chips, and tears at the edges. Red boards, bumped at the corners, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, signature of science fiction author Chad Oliver on the front endpaper. An omnibus edition of The Lost World, The Poison Belt, The Land of Mist, The Disintegration Machine, and When the Earth Screamed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7900
- Title
- The Complete Professor Challenger Stories
- Author
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- 19th Century Fiction, 20th Century Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...