Dressed to Kill
by Cheyney, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Todd Publishing Group, Ltd, London, 1954. Reprint. Buckram. Very Good Condition/Good. The Fabulous Peter Cheyney -- pages 7 through to 42. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book was first published in 1945 under the title of "Night Club", but due to war rationing of paper only a small run was printed. This major reprint of this book was published under the author's original title of "Dressed to Kill" and was printed just prior to his contracting an illness and dying in 1951. Mario Zona was frightened and thought he was slated for murder. He hired Rufus Gaunt, a private investigator, to find out who was thinking of doing so; the the list was long -- Meralda Grey -- the beautiful nightclub singer, her fiance Michael Lorimer, Zona's secretary -- Wolfe Lanel and even the cigarette girl Geraldine could not be dismissed. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Light tanning and heavier foxing of the text block edges; with age toning and foxing of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a small quarter inch tear to the top edge of the front panel with associated creasing. Fading of the back strip and handling marks to the rear panel. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). (6), 7-200 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Fiction -- Crime; Inventory No: 0290908. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290908
- Title
- Dressed to Kill
- Author
- Cheyney, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Todd Publishing Group, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Crime Fiction, Rufus Gaunt -- Private Investigator, Murder -- Mayfair Crime Fiction; Fiction -- Crime; Unbranded Cheyney, Peter Dressed to Kill
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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