Click for full-size.
ADVENTURES OF THE JUNIOR DETECTION CLUB.
by JOHNS, W. E.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Max Parrish, 1960.. FIRST EDITION 1960, 8vo, no illustrations, 158 pages, original publisher's red boards, gilt lettered spine. Tiny bump at tail of spine, no inscriptions, 15 mm (¾") closed tear to lower margin of page 29, contents otherwise very nice. A near Fine tight clean copy in very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, spine a touch darkened and just very slightly worn at head and tail, a couple of very minor marks on spine, corners very slightly worn, one 10 mm (½") closed tear to top edge of lower panel, neatly repaired on reverse). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47139
- Title
- ADVENTURES OF THE JUNIOR DETECTION CLUB.
- Author
- JOHNS, W. E.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Max Parrish, 1960.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- private detectives W E Johns boys fiction sleuths children's fiction
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
Frequently asked questions
Collecting Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards
Exchanging Valentines can be an awkward process, especially when you consider “Vinegar Valentines” and other snarky sentiments - whatever your tastes, enjoy the sweet and sour cards alike in this gallery!
Signed vs. Inscribed
Know what you are getting into when purchasing rare books, and learn the difference between signed books and inscribed books.
