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Trent's Last Case
by Bentley, E.C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue cloth, rubbed at the bottom edge with some rubbing through to the boards, stained at the top-left of the front board and head of the spine. Bound with a forward lean, front hinge cracked after the title page, relatively firm otherwise. The first novel to feature Bentley's detective Philip Trent, adapted into the 1952 film starring Michael Wilding and Orson Welles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8363
- Title
- Trent's Last Case
- Author
- Bentley, E.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, 20th Century Fiction, British Fiction, Crime, Murder
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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