The Broken Vase
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/VG Minus
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Was used as a library book but only evidence of it is Rubber stamp of library in Nashua New Hampshire and a few pencilled dates mostly erased. Two neat signatures on same page one dated 10/16/43. Light blue textured cloth with dark blue lettering. Hinge starting on page 242. No other markings. Pages still supple and only lightly tanned. Last few pages preview the new Rex Stout mystery "Where there's a will". Jacket is the same used in the first edition done by Farrar & Rinehart. Jacket sunned on spine and small chip there as well but both front and rear panels pretty nice. Flaps pretty good as well. Scarce in jacket of any publisher. In mylar. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/VG Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017282
- Title
- The Broken Vase
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- VG Minus
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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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