The Dragon's Teeth
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Triangle Books, 1945. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Book #15 in the Ellery Queen detective series. Orig. published in 1939, this is the First Printing of the Triangle Books/Blakiston edition (#101) from 1945 (First, thus). With gray cloth-covered boards stamped with a deep burgundy design & lettering to front cover & spine, this hardcover 8vo is in Near Fine condition: completely clean; binding straight & strong; pages heavily tanned, commensurate with age, but unmarked completely supple; former owner's name & date to both front endpapers. Corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is Good, with small chips all around the edges & a 3" unclosed triangular tear descending from top edge of back cover. Light soil, spine fading; nicely protected in nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received before 2 pm (PST) Weekdays; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021804
- Title
- The Dragon's Teeth
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- ELLERY QUEEN DETECTIVE BRITISH ENGLISH MYSTERY SERIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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