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1946 Doubleday & Company Edition

In a Dark Garden

Frank G. Slaughter
Doubleday & Company, 1946.
$20One copy · this copy
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Book
Very Good
Our ref
RCB-13b8ae4b908c
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-13b8ae4b908c · 8 photographs of this copy
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Title page reads DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC, Garden City, New York, 1946
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Copyright page: COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY FRANK G. SLAUGHTER, printed at The Country Life Press
examined on the copy in hand
✓
No 'First Edition' statement present on the copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
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No number line (Doubleday of this era used a stated 'First Edition', not a number line)
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Illustrated endpapers (blue carriage scene); gilt-stamped dark boards
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Ownership signature 'Helma Patrick' on the front endpaper illustration
examined on the copy in hand
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Edition not established either way from the copy in hand.
not established either way; recorded because we checked
Flaws, each one named
1
Rubbing and wear to spine head and tail
see it — photograph 2
2
Rubbing/loss to gilt on spine lettering
see it — photograph 2
3
Edge and corner wear to boards
see it — photograph 1
4
Light spotting/soiling to front board
see it — photograph 1
5
Toning to page block and endpapers
see it — photograph 5
6
Ownership signature on front endpaper illustration
see it — photograph 4
This copy
1946 Doubleday & Company Edition

What a true first shows: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N.Y., 1946, with the words 'First Edition' printed on the copyright page (Doubleday's first-issue point in this era).

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.