Beach Cooke and Christopher Morley THE BOOK DETEKTIVE A TRUSTY ONE-VOLUME BOOK POLICE FORCE
by Beach Cooke and Christopher Morley
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1938. First. Very Good. This faux leather portfolio fashioned to look like a book includes an eight-page pamphlet entitled: "The Book Detektive's Little Black Book: A Record of the Book-Borrowing Habits of Your Friends and a Most Important Admonition" by Christopher Morley being the hitherto unpublished transcript of the criminal trial Pandowdy v Librovore Morley's admonition is on p 4-8 of the pamphlet Also includes cards to track loans (with spaces for marking titles, name of borrower, "if return promised and date returned"), a second series of cards, with each listing "suggestions for luring your books back diplomatically," and book slips on which are printed: "On the Return of a Book Lent to a Friend," from "The Haunted Bookshop", by Christopher Morley There are also a cardboard ruler, and a bright, sharpened "Book Detektive pencil"
It shows external wear, with loss of paper to spine and cracking at edges Interior contains four pockets with items listed elsewhere Please note this volume does not include the ruler.
It shows external wear, with loss of paper to spine and cracking at edges Interior contains four pockets with items listed elsewhere Please note this volume does not include the ruler.
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- Bookseller
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AA1434
- Title
- Beach Cooke and Christopher Morley THE BOOK DETEKTIVE A TRUSTY ONE-VOLUME BOOK POLICE FORCE
- Author
- Beach Cooke and Christopher Morley
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
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Saint Charles, Illinois
About Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Seller of high quality books and ephemera, emphasizing older and unusual items, such as signed or association copies. I try to offer the kind of books, at fair prices, that appeal to me, hoping that they will appeal to others also.
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