The Devil to Pay
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Triangle Books, 1941. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book #14 in the Ellery Queen detective series. Orig. published in 1938 & in this Triangle Books Edition in Apr. 1941, this is the May 1941 reprint. With deep blue cloth-covered boards decorated & lettered in red to front cover & spine, this hardcover 8vo is in Fine condition: completely clean; binding straight & strong; pages tanned, heavier around edges, commensurate with age, but unmarked & completely supple. Corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is VG, with a small chip to lower edge of front cover & minor edgewear all around; unfaded, nicely protected in nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received before 2 pm (PST) Weekdays; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021807
- Title
- The Devil to Pay
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- ELLERY QUEEN DETECTIVE NEW YORK MYSTERY SERIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...