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The Diamond Cross Mystery. Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story
by Steele, Chester K
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cleveland & New York: International Fiction Library, 1930. Steele is a pseudonym used by the Edward Stratemeyer Syndicate, most well-known for its juvenile series. This would have been ghost-written, as Stratemeyer only wrote the first in this mystery series. First published by George Sully & Company in 1918 [Hubin, 389]. This is a Very Good copy of a reprint edition. There is no publication date, but not earlier than 1929, when the house was first in business. Yellow cloth binding with titling in black on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 295 pages. Hardly any wear - a bit of rubbing to the spine ends. No dustjacket.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006639
- Title
- The Diamond Cross Mystery. Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story
- Author
- Steele, Chester K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- International Fiction Library
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland & New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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....
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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