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The Garden Murder Case
by Van Dine, S. S
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. A Philo Vance mystery, with murder amid a background of horse racing. Basis for the 1936 Edwin L. Marin movie starring Edmund Lowe as Philo. Ex-rental library with a sticker to the front pastedown. Bumped with wear at the edges, chipping and loss to the spine ends. Damp stain to the lower and fore edge of the boards and text block. Hinges beginning to crack, plot synopsis glued to the front pastedown.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 220538
- Title
- The Garden Murder Case
- Author
- Van Dine, S. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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