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THE MIGHTY BLOCKHEAD.
by GRUBER, FRANK
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1942]., 1942. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket lightly rubbed along front flap and front spine channel with light wear to the spine ends and a tiny chip at bottom of rear cover. Laid-in is a Rinehart promotional book marker. Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg crash the comic strips. Sam poses in his leopard skin as the two put on their bookselling act at a cocktail party for the assembled publishers and artists of "Blockhead," the famous comic magazine of Superman proportions with three million readers. Uncommon title and an attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45103
- Title
- THE MIGHTY BLOCKHEAD.
- Author
- GRUBER, FRANK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1942].
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
We accept checks and all major credit cards. Prices are NET to all. PA residents must add 6% sales tax. It is our preference to ship via either UPS or Priority Mail. All oversized books and all shipments outside the U.S. will be charged actual shipping, insurance, and handling costs. All parcels shall be shipped insured. All items may be returned within 7 days of receipt with prior notification. We request any items for return be sent by their original shipping route, be well packaged and fully insured.
About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Biblio member since 2006
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....
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