The Prisoner in the Opal
by Mason, A.E.W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. Black buckram, lightly bumped at the edges and corners, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, toned at the top edge, foxed at the endpapers. A detective novel with occult elements, selected as part of Dennis Wheatley's "Library of the Occult.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6996
- Title
- The Prisoner in the Opal
- Author
- Mason, A.E.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Crime Club / Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, Crime, Supernatural, Weird Tales, Occult
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...