THE BODY THAT WASN'T UNCLE
by Yates, George Worthing
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1939. First Edition. A novel featuring detective Hazlitt Woar, out of favor with Scotland Yard, and his companion Katheren Meynard, a literary agent, who stumbles across a frozen corpse while trying to catch a train. A case of mistaken identities, set between New York and New Jersey. Hubin, p.436. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [viii],303,[1]pp. Handful of tiny rubbed spots on topstain, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly edgeworn, with shallow loss to upper corner of front flap fold, and a few small tears; Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4303
- Title
- THE BODY THAT WASN'T UNCLE
- Author
- Yates, George Worthing
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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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
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