The secret in the old well. The Dana Girls mystery stories.
by KEENE, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [c. 1944 (1956)]. 12mo. vii, [1], 215, [1] pp. Frontisp., text illustrations. Green tweed boards, flashlight endpapers (minor rubbing, slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. wraparound cover (minor chipping head of spine, couple minor closed tears), still VG/G copy, w/ former ownership signature on verso of ffep. Later printing of No. 13 in the Dana Girls Mystery series. From 1949-1952 the first thirteen titles of the Dana Girls were reissued with wraparound dustjackets as they had been out-of-print since 1944. This copy lists to Crossroads on front flap of dustjacket, Black flower on verso of half-title, and 25 Judy Bolton mysteries on back cover. This title was written by Harriet Adams.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49341
- Title
- The secret in the old well. The Dana Girls mystery stories.
- Author
- KEENE, Carolyn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [c. 1944 (1956)].
- Keywords
- Children’s Literature, Series Books, Mysteries, Mystery, Dana Girls, Children’s Literature, Girl’s Series, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Harriet Adams
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About the Seller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
About Zephyr Used & Rare Books
We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
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