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Play for Keeps
by Harry Whittingham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Good
- Seller
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Springfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Abelard-Schuman Ltd�, London & New York, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Good. Book This is a rare hardcover for Whittington, who was known as the “King of the Paperbacks,†writing over 200 novels under several different names, most in the crime, hardboiled detective and noir genres, as in this case. According to the blurb on the rear fold, he had written over 50 books by 1957. Not only was this novel published as a hardback, the blurb reports, "With Play for Keeps he is for the first time published simultaneously in the United States and Great Britain." Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 170 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked. The pages are clean although they have browned from edge. Fine copy of a well taken care of hardback covered in deep burgundy cloth over boards with the title in bright silver on the spine. No sun-fading to the cloth; tips are sharp. Head and foot of the spine show minimal shelfwear. Good+ unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket. Although it is not in the best of shape, it did its job of protecting the book and retains the colorful pulp illustration on the front panel. There is a fold right down the middle of the front panel, which also shows rubbing along the top and bottom edges. Large chips at the upper right of the dust jacket and head of the spine, neither affecting any text. There are a couple of large chips at the bottom of the rear panel, also not affecting any text. Smaller chips along the top edge of the rear panel and front and rear folds. The dust jacket is protected by a clear sleeve. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1950s; Antiquarian & Rare. Main Picture: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Front panel and spine of the dust jacket with an inset of the copyright notice. Picture 2: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Rear panel of the dust jacket and page edges. Picture 3: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Front cover and spine. Picture 4: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 5: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Dust jacket. Picture 6: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Title page. Picture 7: Whittingham (1957) Play for Keeps (First Ed.) - Copyright page with notice of first publication. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1350. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1350
- Title
- Play for Keeps
- Author
- Harry Whittingham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Abelard-Schuman Ltd�
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- BZDB22 Noir,Pulp,Dective Crime Fiction; United States; 1950s; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Harry Whittingham Play for Keeps
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Ohio residents must pay the required state sales tax for intra-state sales. Thirty (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
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Biblio member since 2007
Springfield, Ohio
About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.
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- Edges
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- Shelfwear
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- Copyright page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Blurb
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- New
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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