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The Spinster's Secret
by Gilbert Anthony
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Crime Club, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Firm Clean Copy - Crime Club Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Not Illustrated. Tanned Pages. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Faded Gold Gilt Titled Spine - Rubbed Edges And Wear. Unclipped Jacket With Rubbed Edgse - Small Area On Front Where Top Part Of Jacket Has Been Rubbed Off (Price Label Removal?) Revealing White Paper Beneath - Edge Rubbing And Wear..
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Details
- Seller
- M and P Books PBFA member
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 008355
- Title
- The Spinster's Secret
- Author
- Gilbert Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- The Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Crime Ficvtion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
M and P Books PBFA member
Biblio member since 2010
Buxton, Derbyshire
About M and P Books PBFA member
Trader dealing on internet and at local Bookfairs in the North West/Norh East and Midlands area of the U.K. General stock of 1300 internet listings. Please note that we do not receive personal callers at Mansfield without prior appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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