Victor Gollancz, London, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Red coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper, with yellow coloured background, with purple and black coloured titles to the front panel and black colour titles to the backstrip. This book was first published in 1951. Vintage crime from this famous duo. Softening and fading, commensurate with loss of dustwrapper, to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Fading to the top book edges and bumping to the book corners and rubbing to the lower book edges. Browning and foxing to the textblock edges and Browning to the pages. Some dog earing throughout the text. Marks to the endpapers. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head into the heel of the backstrip. Creasing to the top dustwrapper edge and sunning to the dustwrapper, particularly to the backstrip. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], 5-285, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0114698. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0114698
Title: The Origin of Evil
Author: Queen, Ellery
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: BZDB2 Crime Fiction Crime Fiction; Unbranded Queen, Ellery The Origin of Evil

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.