BLACK PLUMES
by Allingham, Margery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A little soiling to cloth covers, some mild wear to bottom edge, a very good copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. First U.S. edition. A little soiling to cloth covers, some mild wear to bottom edge, a very good copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with a small closed tear and light crease to lower right front corner and some small chips to upper and lower spine ends, some mild rubbing and general dust soiling. (15063). Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-270 [271-272: blank], original yellow cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Mystery novel. Dust jacket designed by Boris Artzybasheff. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
Synopsis
"A Felony & Mayhem mystery."
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15063
- Title
- BLACK PLUMES
- Author
- Allingham, Margery
- Book Condition
- Used - A little soiling to cloth covers, some mild wear to bottom edge, a very good copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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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...
- Price Clipped
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...