THE SHIELD OF THE VALIANT [SIGNED]
by Derleth, August
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 511 pages; VG/VG-; spine black and white pictorial, and green with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; small chip missing at upper edge of jacket front; inch-long closed tear at lower edge of jacket front; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; large chip missing at center of jacket spine; multiple small chips missing at upper edge of jacket back; price uncut '$3.00'; inscribed by Derleth at front free endpaper; pages clean; shelved Case 8. 1356237. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1356237
- Title
- THE SHIELD OF THE VALIANT [SIGNED]
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....