The Murder Book: An Illustrated History of the Detective Story
by La Cour, Tage and Mogensen, Harald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: Herder & Herder. VG+. 1971. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U. S. edition. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2" hardcover bound in light green c loth. A VG+ copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Former owner's name is stamped on the edges of the upper and lower page blocks. Mailing label affixed to the front fly leaf's verso. Mailing label on the rear endpaper. Th e dust jacket has rubs to its spine tips and corners. The rear panel h as a small tear and some rubbing to its upper edge. .
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51201
- Title
- The Murder Book: An Illustrated History of the Detective Story
- Author
- La Cour, Tage and Mogensen, Harald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- Herder & Herder
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1971
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Dearly Departed Books
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...