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THE ELUSIVE MRS. POLLIFAX
by Gilman, Dorothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus / Very Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 240. Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Endpaper map of crime scene. LIght rubbing to dustjacket edges. Small closed tears and creases to top and bottom of spine. Protected in mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87209
- Title
- THE ELUSIVE MRS. POLLIFAX
- Author
- Gilman, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus / Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aardvark Rare Books
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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.
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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