The Diamond Master
by Futrelle, Jacques
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1910. Part of Futrelle's series starring Professor van Dusen, "The Thinking Machine." First published in America by Bobbs-Merrill in 1909 [Hubin, 159]. This is a Very Good copy of a reprint that is undated. Probably from 1910, although Bleiler suggests circa 1915. This edition contains "The Haunted Bell" which is not in the First [Bleiler, 78], and is less common. A Very Good copy. Green cloth binding with a decorative paper label tipped onto the front cover. Clean text; 305 pages ["The Haunted Bell" begins on page 213]. The cover illustration by Herman Pfeifer is reproduced as a black and white frontis within. Binding is lightly faded on the spine and around the margins. The book is a bit loose in feel. In an archival plastic protector.. Reprint Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006493
- Title
- The Diamond Master
- Author
- Futrelle, Jacques
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- 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....