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The Hangmen of Sleepy Valley
by Dresser, Davis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
Item Price
SGD 54.66SGD 27.33
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About This Item
NY: William Morrow and Company . VG. 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in tan cloth with red lettering and a hangman's no ose design on the front cover. A Very Good copy in a Poor dust jacket. The book's covers have thin, light discoloration marks from the glue that was used on a dust jacket protector. Rubbing to the spine tips an d corners. There are rub spots on the endpapers from where the dust ja cket protector was glued down. The original dust jacket is still glued to the remains of the old jacket protector. There are no library mark s or any other marks except the jacket protector's glue marks. Otherwi se just average shelf wear. Dresser is aka Brett Halliday. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43466
- Title
- The Hangmen of Sleepy Valley
- Author
- Dresser, Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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