First paperback ed. thus. Fair condition, over all wear, large X on front cover, spine creases, inside of covers yellowed, previous owner name on inside front cover. Undated, circa 1975.
Edges of cover are worn and top of spine & bottom back hinge are chipped. Interior is clean and tight except for pencil scribbles on back endpapers. 209 pp. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.
Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Charles Scribners edition. Wear on the boards. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Very good with very light rubbing to foot of spine and lower edge of front cover. Spine very slightly rolled. Previous owner's inkstamp to front free endsheet. Very good with very small closed tears in head of spine and upper panel edges. Lower corner of front panel split along joint with front flap : scarcely noticeable. Very light rubbing to extremities.In clear dust jacket protector.
Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Charles Scribners edition. Wear on the boards. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.75
Publisher: London; The Crime Club by Collins, 1948.
Date published: 1948
Format: Hardcover
FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo, pp. 192. Publishers' red cloth with black titles to spine. Spine lightly sunned with slight wear head and tail, and boards lightly soiled with bruised lower corners. Ownership inscription in ink to front paste-down otherwise contents clean. A good copy. Lively detective novel set in Hollywood and featuring Grace Latham and Colonel John Primrose, by Zenith Jones Brown the American writer, under her best-known pseudonym of Leslie Ford.
FIRST EDITION, fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket that has small chipped areas at the spine ends and the flyleaf folds. A gorgeous young movie star has a mysterious past that links her to murder. See and Brooker.
First Edition. Octavo, original tan paper over boards, stamped in red, color illustrated dust jacket. Hollywood-set mystery novel in the Mrs. Latham and Colonel Primrose series. Very Good, boards slightly bowed, light shelf wear, previous owner's signature at front pastedown, in Very Good dust jacket, minor edgewear, slight darkening to spine.
Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Charles Scribners edition. Wear on the boards. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's orange cloth lettered black at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Slight fading and rubbing, otherwise near very good.
First Edition of a "New Colonel Primrose Mystery". (Also Grace Latham but why complain?). The hardcover book has a damp stain at the top of the spine and a rub at the center of the front board near the spine. The dust jacket has a 5 inch angled closed tear on the front and several small chips to the edges. Jacked is unclipped and protected in Mylar cover.
FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine (with a small bookstore stamp on the FFEP). The unclipped dust jacket has minimal wear and is somewhat darkened at the spine. A gorgeous young movie star has a mysterious past that links her to murder. See and Brooker.
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top edge gilt: The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.