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The Case of the Smoking Chimney
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1943. Uncorrected Proof. Original wraps. Very good/very good. Uncorrected proof of The Case of the Smoking Chimney by Erle Stanley Gardner.. Octavo, 250pp. Paperback. Top edge dyed red. Some wear to hinges and gutters, notable shelf wear. In the publisher's sample dust wrapper, $2.00 retail price on front flap, wear to edges, small hole to front panel, creasing and lifting to spine. Dust jacket is affixed to spine. Stamp on front free endpaper reads "Publication Date Jan - 6 - 1942 / Price $2.00.
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- Seller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13879
- Title
- The Case of the Smoking Chimney
- Author
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Illustrator
- Uncorrected proof of The Case of the Smoking Chimney by Erle Stanley Gardner.
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Erle Stanley Gardner, Erle Stanley Gardner first edition, Erle Stanley Gardner signed, Erle Stanley Gardner uncorrected proof, Case of the Dubious Bridegroom, Case of the Baited Hook, Case of the Lucky Legs, Perry Mason Mystery Series, Case of the Ve
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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