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The Rasp. A Detective Story
by MacDonald, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1926. The first novel published by the English thriller/mystery writer Philip MacDonald (1900-1980), who had a long and distinguished career. A "Queen's Quorum" title that was also made into a film. First published in August 1925. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the fourth printing (February 1926) of the First Edition. Rare in any early printing, particularly in jacket. Red cloth binding with gilt titling and decorations on the spine. Clean text; 299 pages. The evocative dustjacket is complete; it shows some edgewear, with chipping at the head of the spine and the corners. The reverse of the jacket lists "Burt's Popular Copyright Fiction." In an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004537
- Title
- The Rasp. A Detective Story
- Author
- MacDonald, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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