The Black
by Wallace, Edgar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good (Minus)
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York/Chicago: A.L. Burt Company Publishers, 1931. Here is a "mistifier" from the prolific Edgar Wallace (1875-1932). First published in England in 1925 as "The Man from Morocco" and followed by Doubleday a year later [cf. Hubin, 421]. This is a Near Fine copy of Burt's reprint. Not common. Bright red cloth binding with titling on the spine and front cover in red and black Clean text; ix, 339 pages. There is no publication date; arbitrarily assigned to 1931, although sometimes the reprints came out in the same year as the First. Tiny bit of rub to the tips and a small stain on the foot of the spine. The dustjacket reproduces the Doubleday edition. It is complete but has edgewear, with chips to the spine. In an archival plastic protector.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (Minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005925
- Title
- The Black
- Author
- Wallace, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (Minus)
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York/Chicago
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...