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The Clock Strikes Twelve
by Wentworth, Patricia
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1944. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth with black spine lettering, black topstain. Near Fine with light foxing to endpapers, subtle lean to spine, in an unclipped, unsophisticated example of the rare dust jacket, which is a little rubbed, else Near Fine, faint pencil checkmark to spine panel, flaps a little foxed. The seventh Miss Silver mystery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940494
- Title
- The Clock Strikes Twelve
- Author
- Wentworth, Patricia
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- mmm
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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