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Anybody But Anne (A Fleming Stone Detective Story)
by Wells, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair-Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1938. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair-Good/No Jacket. McCaig, Robert. Very early title in the author's widely acclaimed mystery series (which ran 1909-1942) featuring scholarly, bookish, New York City detective Fleming Stone. In 309 pages + ads for other titles in rear, color frontispiece by Robert McCaig. Orig. published in 1913/14 by Lippincott, this is a slightly later (undated) reprint from A. L. Burt (First, thus), with old gift inscription to ffep placing it no later than 1917. Hardcover12mo has light blue-green cloth-covered boards stamped in darker blue lettering & design to front & spine. Condition is just Fair-Good: heavy rubbing to extremities with much fraying. Text block solid, but binding cracked at second free endpaper. Pages creamy white & unmarked with age-appropriate tanning. No DJ (missing). 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 Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021968
- Title
- Anybody But Anne (A Fleming Stone Detective Story)
- Author
- Wells, Carolyn
- Illustrator
- McCaig, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair-Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- DETECTIVES NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS FICTION MYSTERY SERIES FEMALE WOMEN AUTHORS 20TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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,...
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