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Moss Rose
by Shearing, Joseph (Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell Long)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. Murder and blackmail in Victorian London. Basis for the 1947 movie starring Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature, Ethel Barrymore and Vincent Price. Ex-library with residue from pockets or stamp pads removed from the pastedowns. First U.S. edition. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges. Front hinge cracked, rear loose, spine cocked. Stains to the first several pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- D190115
- Title
- Moss Rose
- Author
- Shearing, Joseph (Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell Long)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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