The Call Box Mystery
by John Ironside
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Methuen & Co Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. First Edition. 229 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate crinkling and cracking to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose, however all page remain attached. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Slight crushing and splits to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1634138200OLB
- Title
- The Call Box Mystery
- Author
- John Ironside
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...