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Claude Melnotte as a Detective and Other Stories
by Pinkerton, Allan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chicago: W.B. Keen, Cooke and Co., 1875. 282pp, original cloth, gilt to front cover and spine. Spine very slightly faded, minor rubbing to extremities, internally fairly bright and clean. Original flyer for other Pinkerton novels tipped in to ffep. Pinkerton's second fictional work. Wright 1906. First Edition (US). Hardback. Good+. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000035
- Title
- Claude Melnotte as a Detective and Other Stories
- Author
- Pinkerton, Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition (US)
- Publisher
- W.B. Keen, Cooke and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Pinkerton, Detective Fiction, Ebay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century;
Terms of Sale
Zetetic Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Zetetic Books
Biblio member since 2015
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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