An Oxford Tragedy.
by MASTERMAN, J. C
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1939. Penguin Books. London. First reprint of the first edition of July 1939, printed in November of the same year. DW, worn and torn, lacking portions at tail of spine and along top edge, wax drips to front panel, front flap nearly separated from main body of wrapper. The book itself is very clean, apart from two wax drips to top corner of front free endpaper and pages are browned to margins, the spine is slightly creased and slightly nicked at tail. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77025
- Title
- An Oxford Tragedy.
- Author
- MASTERMAN, J. C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- DETECTIVE FICTION penguin books
Terms of Sale
Addyman Books
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
Biblio member since 2006
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...