The Portrait in the Sand (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Volume #12 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1943, this is a slightly later printing c. late 1950s, listing to ND#36 & DG#20 in front matter; DJ lists to DG #20 on front flap, JB#30 on rear flap, ND #36 on rear DJ. With blue tweed cloth-covered boards, this hardcover12mo has 25 chapters, 216 pages, flashlight endpapers, & plain frontispiece. Condition is Near extremely clean & bright save for some dark smudges to outside bottom page edges. Else, binding strong & square, pages creamy white. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine: bright & colorful with a tad of rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new mylar cover FREE! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021348
- Title
- The Portrait in the Sand (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- DANA GIRLS SISTERS COLLEGE STUDENTS FICTION CHILDREN'S SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS FEMALE DETECTIVE SLEUTH YA YOUNG ADULT WRAP DJ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.