New York: The Mystery League. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards with green lettering on front and spine. Stated first. Corners bent, also spine ends. Binding slightly slanted. Clean end papers except fpr an inked signature of former owner on FFEP. Top edge and fore edge of text block are age soiled. Dust jacket not price clipped (. 50) but has significant open tears at spine top and bottom. Rubbed along fore edge of front cover. Scar-faced abductors and vampires! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages .

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Bookseller: Old Editions Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8557
Title: The Curse of Doone
Author: Sydney Horler
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Mystery League
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: MYSTERY, VAMPIRE, Moors, Sinister

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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....
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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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....
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...