THE DEAD RINGER

Bookseller

John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

7602

Title

THE DEAD RINGER

Author

Brown, Fredric

Book Condition

Used - Rubbing to board edges, corner slightly bumped, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket price clipped dust jacket wi

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First edition

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.

Place of Publication

New York

Date Published

1948

Keywords

Mystery

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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...

Chipping

A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...

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....

Price Clipped

When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...

Octavo

Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...

Rubbing

Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.

Jacket

Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...

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...

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...