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Mystery of the Old Thorndyke
by Waldschmidt, Jean
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Fulshear, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Light shelf wear and some browning to the endpapers, otherwise a clean copy with no writing except for the author inscription. The dust jacket is faded along the spine and has edge wear and chipping. Small amounts of paper loss at the corners, a larger amount at the head of the spine without affecting the title. Jacket and frontispiece/title page illustrations by Rus Anderson. The author has inscribed the book in a unique manner-writing it backwards (right to left), which you have to hold in front of a mirror to read: "To Foster, without whose help this book would never have been written." She has signed it in a normal fashion for English script (left to right): "Love to you both, Love Jean." The story: Two teenage boys are thwarted in their efforts to help with the demolition of an old Western pioneer hotel and get caught up in solving an 85-year-old mystery. 189 pages..
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- Bookseller
- Whiting Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08260
- Title
- Mystery of the Old Thorndyke
- Author
- Waldschmidt, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Juvenile Mystery Western Hotel Pioneers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Whiting Books
We accept checks, money orders, credit cards, and PayPal. Please use the following ID when choosing PayPal: whiting-books@comcast.net. Texas residents please add 8.25% state tax. Books are shipped within 48 hours (usually same day) of receipt of payment. Customer satisfaction is very important to us and we strive to give you the service you expect. If for any reason you received a book you did not want, you may return it for a refund within 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Whiting Books
Biblio member since 2004
Fulshear, Texas
About Whiting Books
We are an Internet-based company that sells used, out-of-print, and some rare volumes for readers, researchers, and collectors. We carry general stock in both fiction and nonfiction, leaning toward regional histories, biography, genealogy, sports, and the arts.
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- Chipping
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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