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Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous
by Georges Simenon
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. 1st U.S. Edition (Review Copy). Very Good+/Good. Translated from the French by Margaret Ludwig. Contains two novels: "The Sailors' Rendezvous" and "The Saint-Fiacre Affair." First U.S. edition in original jacket with $2.00 price on inside flap in a clear protective sheet. General wear to the jacket with creasing along edges and spine, and chipping in a few places including head and tail of spine; corners trimmed but not affecting price or any words. Black cloth over boards with the profile of the detective smoking a pipe in green on the front and green lettering to the spine. Corners very slightly bumped, some light rubbing to head and tail of spine, otherwise fine. Edges are all clean. "Review Copy Publication Date Aug 7 1941 Price $2.00" stamped on ffep. The interior is very lightly and evening toned with no other found markings or blemishes.
Pages: (6) 312 Dimensions: 8⅛ x 5¾ x 1⅜ .
Pages: (6) 312 Dimensions: 8⅛ x 5¾ x 1⅜ .
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Details
- Bookseller
- John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4867
- Title
- Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous
- Author
- Georges Simenon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st U.S. Edition (Review Copy)
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
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About the Seller
John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
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About John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
I love books. Always an eager reader, I started collecting Antiquarian books while a teenager and studying history. Flash forward a couple of decades and I am excited to open a new all-digital bookstore to continue my love of books, while bringing desired books to readers, collectors, and other sellers. From Post-Incunables to modern First Editions, I will be regularly adding new stock.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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