The Watchman
by Grubb, Davis
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. (10) 275 (3) pp. First Edition, 1961. Not Price Clipped. Very minor wear, mostly to top and bottom edge spine book & dj, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.5". Black cloth with blue back strip, a gilt lettering to front board and spine, and a dark-grey top text block. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009361
- Title
- The Watchman
- Author
- Grubb, Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- MYSTERY SUSPENSE FICTION NOVEL - Davis Grubb - Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919 - July 24, 1980)
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; MYSTERY & SCIFI;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....