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THE MAN ON ALL FOURS: A JUDGE PECK MYSTERY STORY - INSCRIBED
de Derleth, August W
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New York: Loring & Mussey, 1934. First Edition. Derleth's second book, released by Loring & Mussey shortly after publication of Murder Stalks the Wakely Family, in a single modest print run. "In Derleth's second mystery novel a Sac Prairie family, living in a huge mansion ruled by a matriarchal Gravisa Senessen, challenge Judge Peck and his intrepid niece Dorothy with murder and a mysterious prowling figure" (Wilson 326). Scarce in dustjacket. Hubin, p.115. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; xiv,244,[12]pp. Generically inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front endpaper: "With the compliments of August W. Derleth." Slight forward lean, gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges, with a few faint scuffs to covers, and some tanning to endpapers; contemporary owner's ink name to upper rear endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), spine-sunned, lightly shelfworn, with several tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases, and an old vertical fold at spine panel; Very Good+.
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- Librería
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 6953
- Título
- THE MAN ON ALL FOURS: A JUDGE PECK MYSTERY STORY - INSCRIBED
- Autor
- Derleth, August W
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Loring & Mussey
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1934
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Sobre Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
