The Hungry Goblin : A Victorian Detective Novel
by John Dickson Carr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£80.76£64.61
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Book. VG+. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, so stated. Pinkish hard cover with yellow cloth spine wrap. This copy is VG+ in a VG, unclipped ( $6.95) DJ dated 0672 and designed by Doug Anderson.Exterior has modest toning to the spine, but only hints of wear to tips, edges, or spine ends . Inside has black EPs with small PO initials in black on FEP ( hardly noticeable. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tight with modest/even toning. DJ has a little crinkling at edges and modest toning to the back along with a small tape support to the verso top of spine. Very nice and quite uncommon by this publisher in DJ..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002274
- Title
- The Hungry Goblin : A Victorian Detective Novel
- Author
- John Dickson Carr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...