The Thriller Book Club, London, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. bright green coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with dark red and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The facts were that a murder was committed, on Guy Fawkes night, by a group of Teddy Boys. What one of the witnesses found, Hugh Bennett, a reporter for the local newspaper, " ... discovers that telling the truth is not as easy as it seems, and that landing a newspaper scoop can involve agonising moral problems." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Minor softening to the backstrip with bumping to the top book corners. Some browning of the backstrip edges. Browning and foxing to the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers and previous owners details to the free front end paper. The residue of paper can be seen on the rear endpapers and to the half title page, which is also ghosted on to the title page. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the dustwrapper panels. Some marks to the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [4], 5-256 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0117728. .

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Seller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Seller's Inventory #: 0117728
Title: The Progress of a Crime
Author: Symons, Julian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: The Thriller Book Club
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: BZDB2 Crime fiction, Teddy Boys, newspaper reporter, truth Crime Fiction; Unbranded Symons, Julian The Progress of a Crime

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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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Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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...
Blurb: The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.