Blood Money.
by Hammett, Dashiell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Company, 1944.. 8vo. 188 pp. Very Good, Green Cloth, with small tears, scotch tape repair, minimal sun-fading, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on boards; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block; spine somewhat slanted; some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle, his signature on FEP, bookplate inside cover; previous owners' names crossed out on FEP. First Black Mask Edition published in 1927.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-3668
- Title
- Blood Money.
- Author
- Hammett, Dashiell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Company, 1944.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
About Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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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....
- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.