Saint Overboard
by Charteris, Leslie
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /Fair
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Triangle Books. Simon Templar Novel No. 164. Attractive red cloth boards, zero wear, black stamped match stick "Saint" vignette on lower right corner, black stamped title on spinestrip. Pictorial jacket basically whole & smooth, has light chipping focused at edging & folding points, a goudge missing from lower spine strip, split approx 2" from bottom (rapaired w/acid free book mending tape). Inside hinge is cracked, all text is evenly browned, no names or markings, pages 47 thru 62 have some marginal page turning tears that doesn't marr apearance or text content. 298 clean & solid pp. EXCELLENT personal collectible reading copy. . Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1941.
Synopsis
Saint Overboard is the title of a 1936 mystery novel by Leslie Charteris, one of a long series of novels featuring Charteris' creation Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". It was originally published in magazines as The Pirate Saint; some paperback editions append the article The to the title (The Saint Overboard). The book was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton in 1936 (followed by an American edition by The Crime Club).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Julie's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031990
- Title
- Saint Overboard
- Author
- Charteris, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- CLASSIC LITERATURE-FICTION-MYSTERY-CHARTERIS, LESLIE-"SAINT OVERBOARD"-SERIES: "THE SAINT", CHARTERIS, LESLIE-THE SAINT-SIMON TEMPLAR (FICTIOUS CHARACTER) Literary Collections & Criticism, Fiction, Mystery
Terms of Sale
Julie's Books
Immediate shipment to buyer upon order, notification of unavailability, insured books over $50, complete refund & postage reimbursement with customer dissatisfaction, detailed book descriptions.
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About the Seller
Julie's Books
Biblio member since 2006
St. Charles, Michigan
About Julie's Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...
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