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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
by Allen, Grant
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486239926
- ISBN 13
- 9780486239927
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York.: Dover Publications, 1980. Trade paperback. 317pp., Unabridged republication of the edition published by Grant Richards, London, 1897. New introduction by Norman Donaldson. Illustrated with 66 pen and ink drawings. First printing by this publisher. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Several leaves, most in appended catalog at rear, creased at top corner. Twelve finely crafted stories centering on Colonel Cuthbert Clay, gentleman crook and confidence man 'par excellence'. A very good copy. . Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010716
- Title
- An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
- Author
- Allen, Grant
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0486239926
- ISBN 13
- 9780486239927
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Crime Fiction, Confidence Men
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...