The Sinister Sign Post.
by DIXON, Franklin W. [McFARLANE, Leslie]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Bookplate on front pastedown; rear free endpaper lacking; otherwise clean, tight and sonud in a jacket with jagged chipping at t
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, [1936; i.e., 1941]. Early reprint; yellow jacket backstrip (faded).. publisher's tan cloth printed in brown, in dust jacket.. Bookplate on front pastedown; rear free endpaper lacking; otherwise clean, tight and sonud in a jacket with jagged chipping at the bottom of the faded backstrip (affecting the AP in "Dunlap," a small pencil notation ("30") in the beam of the flashlight on the front panel, light dust-soiling to the rear panel; and minor edgewear. . 8vo,. Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretter.. Carpentieri 1941 A-8. The Hardy Boys, 15.
Synopsis
The Hardy boys and their father solve a mystery involving inexplicable crashes of highspeed race cars being used to test an experimental turbine motor.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75306
- Title
- The Sinister Sign Post.
- Author
- DIXON, Franklin W. [McFARLANE, Leslie]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretter.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's tan cloth printed in brown, in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate on front pastedown; rear free endpaper lacking; otherwise clean, tight and sonud in a jacket with jagged chipping at t
- Edition
- Early reprint; yellow jacket backstrip (faded).
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1936; i.e., 1941]
- Pages
- iii, 215 [4, ads] pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.