USA: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1946 Blue-gray cloth covers with gilt imprinting on the cover and spine. The top and bottom spine is bumped, consistent with shelf wear. The clipped orange dust jacket has black printing on the spine and a front illustration with a couple of sticker tears and four closed tears on the front and sun damage to the back edge, else fine. 257 front deckle-edged pages which are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased with the exception of the front free endplate and the half-title page which have a crease, else fine. The pages are starting to have some age toning. The binding is good and tight. A fine collector's edition from a non-smoking household. We ship daily.. Assumed First. Cloth. Fine+/Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Lots of Love Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 011143
Title: Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector
Author: De La Torre, Lillian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine+
Jacket Condition: Very Good-
Edition: Assumed First
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Place of Publication: USA
Date Published: 1946
Keywords: Mystery, Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery/Suspense; Fiction;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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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...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...