Tales From Two Pockets
by CAPEK, Karel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First American Edition. Bound from sheets for the 1943 Allen & Unwin reissue. Octavo (19cm); light brown cloth, with titles stamped in burgundy on spine; dustjacket; [iv],[4],5-215,[1]pp. Upper right board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), else Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, showing moderate shelfwear, a few small nicks and tears, chipping at crown, and some faint vertical staining to rear panel; Very Good. Collection of crime and detective stories, originally published in Prague, and first published in English by Faber in 1932. HUBIN, p.64.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81124
- Title
- Tales From Two Pockets
- Author
- CAPEK, Karel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.