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Dark Hazard
by Burnett, W. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good - in Very Good - DJ
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good - in Very Good - DJ. Book club edition with strong musty smell, blue cloth with wrap around illustration and lettering in green is very good - with previous owner bookplate to front paste down and small spot stain at page edges along with some other light trace wear including already mentioned smell, in very good - jacket that shows some rubbing and soil along with edge wear including some closed tears, mild open chipping at spine ends and a couple of corners. Solid copy still looks pretty good of this story of a gambler was turned into a film of the same title a year later. 295 pages with decorative end papers.
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Details
- Seller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8552
- Title
- Dark Hazard
- Author
- Burnett, W. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - in Very Good - DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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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