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The Penthouse Mystery
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/VG-/G+
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/VG-/G+. An Ellery Queen Junior Mystery based on the Columbia film of the same name starring Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, & Charley Grapewin. Despite G&D being the publisher, this is the First Edition, First Printing, from 1941. Hardcover 8vo has bright red cloth over boards stamped in black letters to front & spine. Condition is VG- (minus): very clean, front hinge cracked, but text block secure, pages clean with light tanning to edges. Erased name in pencil on ffep. Very slight rubbing. The unclipped DJ (with codes intact at top & bottom of front flap) is VG-/Good+: bright & colorful, with classic 1940's cover art (unattributed), mild-moderate rubbing to extremities & slight chipping nicely protected in clear mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021811
- Title
- The Penthouse Mystery
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG-/G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- MYSTERY FICTION DETECTIVES FILM MOVIE NOIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Film/Television;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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