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The Case of the Daring Decoy
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good to Very Good
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Morrow, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The 54th title in Gardner's Perry Mason series, this one finding the world's most famous fictional lawyer defending a client accused of murdering the secretary of business rival. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 281 pages + two-page list of other Gardner titles. Tanned edges, very minor wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to top edge of front end paper, in dust jacket w/chipping to edges, thin scratches, impressions, moderately sun-darkened spine, short tears to folds, 2" tear to top of rear fold..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019229
- Title
- The Case of the Daring Decoy
- Author
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, fictional lawyers, Della Street, Paul Drake Perry Mason, murder, killers, stock market
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (hardcover);
Terms of Sale
Augustine Funnell Books
Postage extra. All items returnable within seven days of receipt for full refund if received by us in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
Biblio member since 2003
Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
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