The Roman Hat Mystery
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Triangle Books, 1942. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The very first book in the long-running & ever-popular Ellery Queen detective series. Orig. published in 1929, this is the First Printing from May 1942 of the Triangle Books Edition (First, thus). With deep teal cloth over boards stamped & lettered in brown to front & spine, this hardcover 8vo is in Near Fine condition: completely clean; binding straight & strong; pages heavily tanned, commensurate with age, but unmarked & completely supple. Very mild bumping to corners & pushing to heel of spine The unclipped DJ, designed by Paul Galdone, is VG, with mild rubbing to extremities & very light creasing & chipping; nicely protected in nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received before 2 pm (PST) Weekdays; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021809
- Title
- The Roman Hat Mystery
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- ELLERY QUEEN DETECTIVE NEW YORK SERIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Cloth
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- VG
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....