Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories
de Finney, Jack
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Very Good
- Librería
-
Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1983. This stated First Edition is in Fine condition with a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) The author Jack Finney, best remembered for his time travel novels, "Time and Again" and "From Time to Time," takes on a sensational New York murder case from 1857, as well as other true tales, including the sinking of the Central America in that same year. The book is bound in 3/4 black cloth with light boards, and gilt spine lettering. The book is in Fine condition, clean and tight throughout. The dust jacket has shelf rubbing, several small tears, and a small chip missing from the front panel, as shown in photo. I have placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 290 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000627
- Título
- Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories
- Autor
- Finney, Jack
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983
- Palabras clave
- Crime, Famous Shipwrecks
- Catálogos del vendedor
- General Non-Fiction; American History; Mystery and True Crime;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Términos de venta
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
Sobre el vendedor
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
