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The Great Mistake
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition in clen unclipped dust jacket, with FR symbol on copyright page. Very clean unfaded blue-green cloth boards with black title bx, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 365 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), a few shallow edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Considered one of the best mystery novels done by the great Mary Roberts Rinehart..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028441
- Title
- The Great Mistake
- Author
- Rinehart, Mary Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION, MYSTERY NOVEL, CRIME FICTION, EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Spine
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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