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The Literature of Crime. Stories by World-Famous Authors
by QUEEN, Ellery [pseudonym of Frederic DANNAY] (1905-1982)
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 366. Publisher's black cloth titled to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15/ to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, spotting to some preliminaries and rear blanks, toning and spotting to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, gilt to title rubbed off, some chipping and tearing around spine of jacket. Very good. A 'mystery feast' for an avid reader to gorge upon, this collection of 26 mysteries is sure to keep one entertained. These stories are written by various authors such as William Faulkner, Aldous Huxley, and Margery Sharp. The large range of authors allows for a varied and balanced collection.
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- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Title
- The Literature of Crime. Stories by World-Famous Authors
- Author
- QUEEN, Ellery [pseudonym of Frederic DANNAY] (1905-1982)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Cassell and Company, 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
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- Cloth
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