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Beverly Gray's Challenge
by Blank, Clair
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Book #15 in the girls' series of 26 books orig. published 1934-1955 featuring the adventurous Beverly Gray, starting when she was a college student & following her through her career as a reporter. Orig. published in 1945, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, listing to previous book on front DJ flap, CA synopsis on rear flap, JB#15 on back cover. Thinner hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with darker lettering to front & spine, in 207 pages with plain frontispiece. Condition is VG: very clean, pages heavily tanned (commensurate with wartime paper quality). Binding secure, but with a slight rightward lean; both hinges intact. Rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Former owner's name in red marker on ffep, else unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Poor, missing most of the spine & large chunks along edge of front cover-front flap. Very slight rubbing to extremities, bumping to all corners & both ends of spine. No DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--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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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022988
- Title
- Beverly Gray's Challenge
- Author
- Blank, Clair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- GIRLS SERIES ADVENTURE MYSTERY YA YOUNG ADULT VINTAGE COLLEGE STUDENTS FICTION THIRTIES 1930S WOMEN FEMALE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
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....
- 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.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...