The Ivory Grin
by Macdonald, John Ross
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus to Near Fine/VG- to Very Good
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1952. Solid copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. One bumped tip. Head of spine lightly sunned. Price clipped jacket has shallow chipping at spine ends and several very small closed tears mostly to front panel. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/VG- to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016339
- Title
- The Ivory Grin
- Author
- Macdonald, John Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus to Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG- to Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...