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PAST ALL DISHONOR
by CAIN, James M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1946. VERY GOOD condition in GOOD dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1946. FIRST EDITION. Bound in red cloth with gold gilt lettering and author's initials embossed on cover in dust jacket of salmon front and mahogany spine. Square and tight, original price of $2.00 intact. Soft push to spine edges. Top point of back cover is chipped off. Abrasion to top page edges. Age toning to page edges. Dust jacket has chipping to spine edges and piece missing from top of back flap. Also, light edge wear and overall age toning, see images. Mining, greed, lust, murder in 1860's Virginia City, Nevada.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001012
- Title
- PAST ALL DISHONOR
- Author
- CAIN, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCENE OF THE CRIME
- Bookseller catalogs
- MEAN STREETS; AUTHOR A~B~C;
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About the Seller
SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
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Sherman Oaks, California
About SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
WELCOME to SCENE OF THE CRIME, your online source for Rare and Elusive Books, Collectibles and Ephemera. WE SPECIALIZE in Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres, complemented by a wonderful collection on Travel, Cookery, Needlework, and Horse Racing. As EXPECTED, all items are guaranteed to be as described and signatures authentic. FINE is our highest grade. ALL Dust jackets are covered in archival protective wraps and Softcovers are housed in Archival sleeves. YOUR inquiries are always welcome, just ring or write.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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