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X Marks the Dot
by Muriel Stafford
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. An excellent example of Muriel Stafford's thrilling murder mystery novel, in which handwriting analysis plays a major role. The first edition, first printing, with 'first edition' to colophon.In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.A graphologist herself, in this work Muriel Stafford's central character shares her name. The fictional Stafford is writing a newspaper column about handwriting analysis when a visitor at the newspaper's office is murdered.A thrilling murder mystery. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with minor are of fraying to spine head. Otherwise, externally fine. Three small closed tears to front wrap head, with light chipping to back strip head, and edgewear to back strip tail. Light mark to head of rear wrap. Tape repair to head of back strip reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 890F76
- Title
- X Marks the Dot
- Author
- Muriel Stafford
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- X Marks the Dot handwriting analysis detective crime handwriting analysis
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Spine
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