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The Progress of a Crime
por Julian Symons
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Livreiro
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: The Crime Club; Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A first edition of this fast-paced crime novel by award-winner Julian Symons A reporter witnesses a fatal stabbing by a band of teddy boys on Guy Fawkes' night. Featuring a large band of assorted characters, this novel explores the danger of newspaper sensationalism with a young and genuine reporter at its heart. Julian Symon's 'The Progress of a Crime' was the winner of the 1961 Edgar Award for Best Novel. This copy is a first edition, in the publisher's original binding with an unclipped dustwrapper. There is a bookplate with an engraving of Westwick House in Wiltshire to the inside cover. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart with minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is smart with a small amount of chipping to the head of spine. Small closed tear to the bottom of rear fly leaf. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Westwick House'. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound and pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 746R11
- Título
- The Progress of a Crime
- Autor
- Julian Symons
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encadernação
- Cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- The Crime Club; Collins
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1960
- Dimensão
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palavras-chave
- crime fiction detective fiction collin's crime club detective fiction
Termos da venda
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
Sobre o Vendedor
Rooke Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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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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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
