The Kestrel House Mystery
by T.C.H. Jacobs
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macaulay House, 1933. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1933 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (small former owner name at the front pastedown) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown, light soiling to the rear panel and light creasing and chipping along the panel edges. 12mo, 313 pgs. plus publisher's ads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12126
- Title
- The Kestrel House Mystery
- Author
- T.C.H. Jacobs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macaulay House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- rare mysteries, rare detective fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...