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Trust the Police
by Peers Elliott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$2,396.38A$2,156.74
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce first edition of Peers Elliott's Australian mystery novel, the only edition of this work. The first and only edition of this work.A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A thrilling mystery novel set in interwar Queensland.Written by Peers Elliott. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Boards are a little sprung. Numerical ink to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is discoloured with some spots and marks. Edgewear to the dustwrapper causing chips to the head and tail of the spine, and some small closed tears. Two chips are tape repaired to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. 'File Copy' stamp to the half-title, with ink to the tail of the half-title. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 738P3
- Title
- Trust the Police
- Author
- Peers Elliott
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Trust the Police peers elliott queensland australia peers elliott mystery detective
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Publisher's cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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