THE FORGOTTEN CLUE: Stories of the Parisian Surete With an Account of its Methods
by H. Ashton-Wolfe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1930. 8vo. 282 pp. First edition. VG+/VG-. Dust jacket has a small closed tear on top edge of front and minor chips at corners and top edge of rear panel; light soiling to spine and edges; original $3.00 price intact on flap; in a Brodart clear protective sleeve. Boards are clean. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Time
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 082620-24
- Title
- THE FORGOTTEN CLUE: Stories of the Parisian Surete With an Account of its Methods
- Author
- H. Ashton-Wolfe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lost Time
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About Lost Time
Lost Time is an independent online bookstore located in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- 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....
- VG+/VG-
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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