The House of the Seven Flies by Victor Canning, Likely 1950s Book Club Hardcover with Dust Jacket
$19.99
The House of the Seven Flies by Victor Canning is a likely 1950s book club hardcover from The M. S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Company, with a 1952 copyright and an illustrated dust jacket.
The jacket retains its strong color, with rubbed edges, small tears, creases, and chips shown in the photos.
A yacht captain takes on a charter that draws him into danger and intrigue in Holland.
Details
- Item: Book
- Title: The House of the Seven Flies
- Author: Victor Canning
- Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
- Publisher: The M. S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Company, New York
- Publication Year: Likely 1950s; copyright 1952
- Edition and Printing: Book Club Edition; printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover with mustard yellow boards
- Dust Jacket: Present, illustrated
- Pages: 186
- Genre: Mystery and suspense
- Language: English
- ISBN: None.
- Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1 inches
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: A readable copy with clear signs of use and a present dust jacket.
- The jacket illustration retains strong color, with readable title and author lettering.
- The mustard yellow boards retain their color, and the photographed pages remain attached.
- No writing, rips, or tears found in the text pages while paging through.
- The text is easy to read despite age toning.
- Book Club Edition is clearly printed on the front jacket flap.
Issues / Wear
- The dust jacket has rubbed edges and folds, small edge tears, creases, and chips, especially at the spine ends and corners.
- The rear jacket panel and inner flaps have age toning, light surface soil, scattered specks, and scuff marks.
- The pages and page edges are toned, with a few small spots visible on the title page.
- The board edges and corners show rubbing and light bumping, with small surface marks on the front board.
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The colorful illustrated jacket gives this copy a place on a Victor Canning reader's shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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