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The King is Dead
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. . Head and heel of spine have very slight shelf-wear, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a short, closed tear and wrinkle at the bottom edge of the front panel, small chips to the spine ends and tips, and some faint water droplets on the rear panel. DJ now protected by mylar. NEAR FINE/ VERY GOOD-. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 250 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21574
- Title
- The King is Dead
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Mystery and suspense, Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Round Table Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- 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...
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