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The Doctor and the Devils
by Thomas, Dylan (From the story by Donald Taylor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1953.) 1st American edition, 1st issue. Printed in Great Britain. [Rolph bibliography, B20.] VG in VG dust jacket. A book-length narrative in the form of a film scenario. Based on the Scottish serial killers Burke and Hare, who committed a string of murders in the 1820s and sold the corpses for medical research. 12mo clothbound hardcover Jacket has shallow chipping at the spine ends, one small closed tear. Sound, tight binding. Not price-clipped. A nice copy overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lux Libri
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000686
- Title
- The Doctor and the Devils
- Author
- Thomas, Dylan (From the story by Donald Taylor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lux Libri
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About the Seller
Lux Libri
Biblio member since 2006
Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
Online booksellers since 1996 with general inventory of used and rare books, signed material, ephemera, etc. Our listings are original and show the actual item for sale. We do not use stock photos or descriptions. Most dust jackets are protected in clear, archival covers (removable, if desired.) Books are shipped in sturdy, new boxes with tracking. (Paper and lightweight items may ship in padded envelopes.) Inquiries always welcome and promptly answered.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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