United States: HOLT RINEHART & WINSTON. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. SOLD AS A READING COPY - A good hardcover in in a fair dustjacket. The book is in quarter-bound boards bumped and rubbed to the spine ends and corners with some spine lean. Previous owner's name inked on the front endpaper. Pages toned to the text-block edges and soiled to the top edge. The frail dustwrapper is creased to the edges with small losses to the edges spine ends and tips - supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 56497
Title: CREAM OF THE CRIME THE 15TH MYSTERY 1ST EDITION
Author: Pentecost, Hugh
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
Publisher: HOLT RINEHART & WINSTON
Place of Publication: United States
Date Published: 1962
Keywords: Crime Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Crime Fiction;

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The Old Bookshelf

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About The Old Bookshelf

Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.