The Cairo Garter Murders
by Mason, Van Wyck
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/Fair
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939 Book. Illus. by Drawings. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original orange cloth over boards with black lettering. Dark blue pictorial dustjacket with orange and black illustration of an Egyptian statue and hieroglyphics, and white lettering. Dustjacket is worn, torn and missing pieces - being held together by clear tape. Spine sunned where pieces of dustjacket are absent. Front free endpaper missing. Pages age toned. This is a Hugh North mystery. This time, he's on the trail of a murderer in Cairo who leaves a woman's garter on the arm of his male victims. Scarce. 306 pp. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014331
- Title
- The Cairo Garter Murders
- Author
- Mason, Van Wyck
- Illustrator
- Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NOISBN. Mystery.
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Glossary
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.