The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard FIRST
The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard FIRST 1927
Book Condition: About Fine - Slightly pulled otherwise very firm. Bright red, unfaded spine. Spine edges just barely showing wear. Dusty top edges. "Elizabethtown, PA 1948" Library stamp to ffe. Small "Barr's Books,Lancaster, PA" bookshop plate to rear pastedown. Offset tanning to endpapers apparently from DJ flaps. Page block clean and bright. Unread. A very nice copy.
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + - The white of the Spine and back cover has darkened. Back cover bottom corner edge has a quarter inch chip to it, and the flap a quarter-inch folded tear. Otherwise very minor chips, creases, soiling. Mylar bookcover.
Authors: Frank L. Packard
Cover Artist: John Drew
Edition: First edition
Publisher: George H. Doran Company
Location: New York
Date: 1927
Features: First edition, 1927 (Publisher's colophon). Red cloth, black lettering. 313 pages. Hardcover with Dustjacket. No price on Jacket. John Drew cover painting. Thriller. A Man-hunt over the South Pacific.
HCS3907-1
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When grading pulps we identify a grade which includes the cover, spine, and back cover. Then we describe the paper quality from off-white to brown or brittle. For lower grade pulps in lots or regular magazines (which don't have the same paper quality problem) we don't usually describe the paper quality unless there is a significant problem. In general, regular magazine paper is usually a supple cream to tan.
VERY FINE-(VF): Appears almost like new with high color gloss. It is a flat, tight book with no or almost imperceptible cover creases. The overhang may bend and have a few very small creases or tears but none large enough to affect visual appearance.
FINE-(FN): A sharp copy with minor defects. Very minor tears, a minor 1/8 inch chip out of the overhang. A flat tight book that may be similar to a VF but doesn't have that freshness or gloss.
VERY GOOD-(VG): A copy with a number of milder defects. Mild creases with very small chips from the edges. At this grade the edges are starting to have numerous small tears and creases. Minor wrinkling and small pieces of the spine may be missing. Mild fading and could have some tape on the spine.
GOOD: A worn copy, typical of an older magazine. Numerous defects including more severe creasing, fading, wrinkling, and/or larger chips from the cover and the spine may be taped.
FAIR: A very worn copy, our lowest grade. This grade may have defects that include large pieces out of the front cover, a missing spine, and significant soiling but still readable.
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