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Ten Days' Wonder
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Co , 1948. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Book #19 in the acclaimed mystery series featuring New York writer/detective Ellery Queen. This is a book club edition (BCE) with classic mid-century DJ art. With red cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine, this hardcover 8vo is in VG condition: very clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked, with modest tanning & offsetting to endpapers. Rubbing to lower extremities & bumping to all corners. The unclipped DJ is VG-, downgraded due to moderate chipping at both ends of spine, slight edgewear all around, Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023278
- Title
- Ten Days' Wonder
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition (BCE)
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- mystery suspense thriller fiction detective new york
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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