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Castle Skull (FIRST EDITION)
by John Dickson Carr
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1931. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. John Dickson Carr is widely regarded as one of the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century. Black cloth hardcover with orange titling. Back inner hinge starting. Front outer joint showing signs of wear. Some staining and rubbing on both covers. Spine is slightly cocked and bottom board edges show shelf wear. Mildly stained page edges. Front dust jacket interior (presumably) with plot summary/advertisement is pasted inside front cover. 279 pp. Mild foxing throughout, back pastedown is damp stained. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064059
- Title
- Castle Skull (FIRST EDITION)
- Author
- John Dickson Carr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery, Detective, Magician, Murder, Early 20th Century, Germany
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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