The Galton Case
by Macdonald, John Ross
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor Condition. VIII, 244 pages, last two pages blank, in colour illustrated dust jacket. Sewn binding.. Original black Hardcover with silver writing on the back strip, and the fingerprint colophon of " A Crime Connoisseur Book". There is foxing to all edges of the text block, the first two, and the last three leaves, and to the dust jacket. Ownership inscription on the front end page. Slight lean on the spine. The dust jacket has two long tears either side of the front panel bottom corners, and two short tears either side of the rear panel top. Associated chipping, and rubbing, with slight loss. A Lew Archer novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0215688. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0215688
- Title
- The Galton Case
- Author
- Macdonald, John Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- BZDB2 crime, American Crime Fiction; Unbranded Macdonald, John Ross The Galton Case
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
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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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.