QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation
by Queen, Ellery (Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1954. Eighteen short mysteries, 228 pages. Ex-library with a stamp on the front end paper and stamp pad removed from the back. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the spine heel, boards and spine unevenly sunned. Tape shadows to the boards, front hinge cracked at the half-title page but still pretty solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 231205
- Title
- QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation
- Author
- Queen, Ellery (Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller; Short Stories/Essays;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
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
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...