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The Sierra Gold Mystery (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/G+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. First Thus . Hardcover. VG-/G+. Volume #23 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. issued in 1961 in blue tweed with a DJ, this is the FIRST EDITION, second printing, of the beige picture cover edition from 1961, listing to book #24 & to ND#39 in front matter & to DG#25 on back cover. Orig. text in 20 chapters, 179 pages, flashlight endpapers, & plain frontispiece. With decorative paper over boards, this hardcover 12mo is in VG-/Good+ condition: very clean, with some names of former owners in pen in front matter (half-title page, table of contents). Light foxed spots to fore edge & other exterior page edges, interior pages mildly tanned, but unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities, heavier at corners & both ends of spine. 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 (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023832
- Title
- The Sierra Gold Mystery (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- DANA GIRLS SISTERS COLLEGE STUDENTS FICTION CHILDREN'S SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS FEMALE DETECTIVE SLEUTH YA YOUNG ADULT picture cover
- 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
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
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