Yellow Shadows
by ROHMER, Sax
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Garden City: Doubleday, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Presumed first American edition. Rebound in black leatherette with gilt-stamped spine title and the original orange cloth cover showing through on the front board. Lacking the title page, ex-library stamp on blank preliminary, page edges soiled, good only with Michael H. Price's decorative bookplate on front pastedown, lacking the dustwrapper. The second novel to feature Daniel "Red" Kerry. Scarce.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 408684
- Title
- Yellow Shadows
- Author
- ROHMER, Sax
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- [Garden City
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Mystery, EnglishLiterature
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
All books are first editions unless otherwise noted. All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, PAYPAL, checks and money orders. New Jersey residents please add 6.625% sales tax. All items guaranteed, all items subject to prior sale. Members ABAA, ILAB. Shipping is $4.50 for Media Mail, $10.00 for Priority Mail or UPS Ground. Tracking is provided for every order. Alternate shipping available by request. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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- Dustwrapper
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