Edgar Wallace: The Biography of a Phenomenon
by Margaret Lane
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Book League of America, 1939 Ochre colored cloth with blind stamped initials 'EW' on front cover, gilt decoration and title on spine. Light toning and even slighter water stain to inside cover. Otherwise clean text and interior. Deckled fore edge. Top stain to top edge of text block, small water stain. Tight, square binding. Wallace portrait as frontispiece.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Genesee Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101219
- Title
- Edgar Wallace: The Biography of a Phenomenon
- Author
- Margaret Lane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Book League of America
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Genesee Books
Biblio member since 2016
Rochester, New York
About Genesee Books
Online book seller out of Rochester NY. My tastes are libertine and quirky and the selection of books tends to reflect those preferences.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...