The Jail Gates Are Open [alt. title: The Gaol Gates Are Open]
by HUME, David [pseud. John Victor Turner]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, [1935]. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; v,[1],277pp. Jacket extremities rather rubbed, most heavily along flap folds, shallow losses to jacket spine ends, spine a bit faded, ownership inscription to front pastedown, else Near Very Good and sound. Crime novel featuring the detectives Cardby and Son. HUBIN, p. 216.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20801
- Title
- The Jail Gates Are Open [alt. title: The Gaol Gates Are Open]
- Author
- HUME, David [pseud. John Victor Turner]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1935]
- Keywords
- Mark Cardby
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....