Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Very Good/Very Good. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Octavo. 221 pp. Restored illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in red; red topstain.
Dust jacket backed with archival tissue, closing a prior small tear a couple tiny chips, with amateur black color fills; a bit of lacquer-like sheen to recto as a result of repair, with a few smudges and some toning still showing on white back panel. Boards show moderate edgewear; spine slightly cocked. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked.
Dust jacket backed with archival tissue, closing a prior small tear a couple tiny chips, with amateur black color fills; a bit of lacquer-like sheen to recto as a result of repair, with a few smudges and some toning still showing on white back panel. Boards show moderate edgewear; spine slightly cocked. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13502
- Title
- Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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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....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.