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Scandal at High Chimneys: a Victorian Melodrama
by John Dickson Carr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5" . None . First edition of this mystery novel by John Dickson Carr, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition of this novel by American author John Dickson Carr, first published in the same year in the US and Canada. Plot evolves around a house called House Chimneys that hides some secrets among its household members. Set in London. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine, boards only lightly marked. Spine gently cocked forward. Tape marks to pastedowns. Library stamps and evidence of the removal of a sticker to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound with shelf wear, sunned to spine, chipping to head and tail of spine, minor closed tear to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good
Synopsis
Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the USA and Canada by Harper & Row in August 1959. The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys where secrets are hidden among the household members.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 835A31
- Title
- Scandal at High Chimneys: a Victorian Melodrama
- Author
- John Dickson Carr
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- john dickson carr first editions mystery novels first editions
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Sunned
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- Cocked
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- 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....
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