THE FORGOTTEN CLUE: Stories of the Parisian Surete With an Account of its Methods
by H. Ashton-Wolfe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1930. 8vo. 282 pp. First edition. VG+/VG-. Dust jacket has a small closed tear on top edge of front and minor chips at corners and top edge of rear panel; light soiling to spine and edges; original $3.00 price intact on flap; in a Brodart clear protective sleeve. Boards are clean. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 082620-24
- Title
- THE FORGOTTEN CLUE: Stories of the Parisian Surete With an Account of its Methods
- Author
- H. Ashton-Wolfe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
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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...
- Text Block
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- Brodart
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG+/VG-
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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...