Edgar Wallace: The Biography of a Phenomenon
by Margaret Lane; Edgar Wallace
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Book League of America, 1939. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. Reprint. This Book League of America edition was published in the same year as the 1st Edition. This copy is over 80 years old, has been well taken care of and is in fine, unread condition. Its construction is unlike most of the poorly made book club editions. The cloth covered boards, front cover picture and matching top stain add up to a handsome edition possibly as desirable and rare as the first edition. The text block is solid, clean and square. Endpapers are clear of markings with NO previous owner's signature but are slightly tanned. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. There is no book club deboss on the rear cover. The jacket is in fine condition with bold colors on the cover. It looks spectacular in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..
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- Seller
- Winding Road Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 000862
- Title
- Edgar Wallace: The Biography of a Phenomenon
- Author
- Margaret Lane; Edgar Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Book League of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Autobiography
Terms of Sale
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Winding Road Books
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Templeton, California
About Winding Road Books
Specialize in Psychology, First Editions, Speculative Fiction
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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...
- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Deboss
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- Fine
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- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
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- Text Block
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