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The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The M. S. Mill Company, Inc, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Edition, same year on title page and copyright page. Fine to near fine book, rubbing on all corners of book, top and bottom edge of front cover and spine and bottom edge of back cover, dent on bottom of spine, fold on top and bottom edge of spine, scratches on top and bottom edges and foredge, red mark on page 67, and small white mark on back cover. Very good dust jacket, dust jacket is 1 cm shorter than the book, chips on top and bottom edge of spine of jacket and top edge of both front and back inner panel of jacket, crease on bottom edge of front and back panel of jacket, top right edge of spine of jacket, and front and back inner flaps, closed tear on bottom edge of back panel of jacket, bottom left of front inner flap, and bottom right of back inner flap, and light darkening on spine of jacket. Original price of 2.00 on front inner flap of jacket. RM.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1608081
- Title
- The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
- Author
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The M. S. Mill Company, Inc
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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