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The Black Motor Car
by Burland, Harris; Grunwald, Charles (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: G. W. Dillingham Company, 1905. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Grunwald, Charles. The science fiction writer's 4th book, a novel about revenge & a black motor car that is "so fast it cannot be caught." In 339 pages with glossy frontispiece (with intact tissue guard) + 5 internal illustrations by Charles Grunwald. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1905 (the American one, though copyrighted the year previous), this hardcover 12 mo has deep green publisher's cloth with a fabulous design stamped in black & yellow of a vintage motorcar, black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Good+: generally quite clean, text block secure, but both hinges are cracked. Pages off-white, with age-appropriate tanning, heavier to edges & endpapers. Former owner's name & date (1915) in pen to ffep, else unmarked. Rubbing to extremities, bumped corners & spine tips. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022008
- Title
- The Black Motor Car
- Author
- Burland, Harris; Grunwald, Charles (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Grunwald, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- G. W. Dillingham Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- MYSTERY VINTAGE SCI-FI SCIENCE FICTION CARS AUTO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Science Fiction-Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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