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The Porcelain Mask
by Chichester, John Jay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
-
Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Chelsea House, 1924. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Chelsea House, 1924. First Edition. Good+/No Dustjacket. First Edition. Clean maroon ribbed cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorative title box on cover, gilt lettering on spine. All lettering is clear and unchipped. Slight wear to corners but no fraying. Tiny pin-point puncture in center spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names or bookplates. Small piece of rear fixed endpaper peeled away at lower edge (smaller than a nickel). 320 pgs. 8vo. Mystery..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008983
- Title
- The Porcelain Mask
- Author
- Chichester, John Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Chelsea House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- MYSTERY NOVEL FICTION FIRST EDITION, VINTAGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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