TOP OF THE HEAP
by Fair, A. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. "Private eye Donald Lam, of the Los Angeles agency of Cool & Lam, lands in San Francisco while investigating a spoiled rich kid who hired him to establish a phony alibi. While in the city, he digs up a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a couple of murders." Measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches bound in edge rubbed green cloth with partially cracked rear hinge but remains tight and firm - contents bright and complete in 243 pages. Lightly edge worn dust jacket with light soil. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78140
- Title
- TOP OF THE HEAP
- Author
- Fair, A. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Dust Jacket, Mystery, 1st Edition, Bertha Cool, Donald Lamb
Terms of Sale
Hoffman Books
7 days with prior notification.
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Hoffman Books
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Columbus, Ohio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
- 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...