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Career for the Baron
by Morton, Anthony (John Creasey)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First U.S. printing. Gently bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the upper edges. Pages lightly tanned with a bit of foxing to the upper edge of the text block, previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Jacket lightly rubbed with just a bit of wear at the edges, spine slightly sunned, in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D130265
- Title
- Career for the Baron
- Author
- Morton, Anthony (John Creasey)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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