Eight Three Investigators Hardcover Books

These eight hardcover books range in condition from good to good+.  They all have light to moderate bumping and wear along the edges, generally heavier at the corner tips and spine ends and most have a cocked spine. A couple of the books have a separated binding and three have some pulling. More information below. The books have the matte pictorial cover except for Headless Horse, which has the glossy pictorial cover. All of the books have the spider web end pages except Haunted Mirror and Headless Horse. The books have tanned pages and are unmarked except as noted below.

  • #8 The Mystery of the Silver Spider. Random House 1966. The text block has separated from the cover. Lists to Monster Mountain on the back cover and there is no list inside the back of the book.
  • #9 The Mystery of the Screaming Clock. Random House 1968. The book has a spotting on closed page ends. The binding is pulling inside the back cover and the paper at the seam inside the front cover is starting to tear. Lists to Coughing Dragon on the back cover and there is no list inside the back of the book.
  • #11 The Mystery of the Talking Skull. Random House 1969. The book has light soiling on the closed page ends. It has a smudge or glue residue at the top front cover corner. The binding is intact but the book crackles a bit when opened and the paper on the front seam is beginning to split. Lists to Coughing Dragon on the back cover and to Laughing Shadow inside the back of the book.
  • #13 The Secret of the Crooked Cat. Random House 1970. The book has a few very small spots on the top of the closed page ends and a small pencil or pen mark on the bottom of the closed page ends. There is a little residue from a label at the top front cover corner. The binding is intact but the book crackles a bit when opened. Lists to Coughing Dragon on the back cover and inside the back of the book.
  • #17 The Mystery of the Singing Serpent. Random House 1972. The book has some soiling on the closed page ends. The binding is pulling apart inside the front cover, but the text block has not separated. Lists to Coughing Dragon on the back cover and inside the back of the book.
  • #18 The Mystery of the Shrinking House. Random House 1972. The book has some soiling on the title page and there is a name and some other writing on the page across from the title page. The text block has separated from the cover, although someone did an amateurish job of taping inside the front cover. Lists to Monster Mountain on the back cover and there is no list inside the back of the book.
  • #21 The Secret of the Haunted Mirror. Random House 1974, 2nd printing. The binding is beginning to split inside the front and back covers, but the text block is still attached to the cover. Lists to Dead Man’s Riddle on the back cover and there is no list inside the back of the book.
  • #26 The Mystery of the Headless Horse. Random House 1977, 4th printing. The book has a few very small spots on the bottom of the closed page ends and on a handful of pages. There is a price and another number written inside the front cover. The binding is intact. Lists to Headless Horse on the back cover and Deadly Double inside the back of the book.

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Book Grading Guidelines:

Ex-library books, Book Club editions, and remaindered books will always be identified as such. We try to describe each book we list as completely as possible. Although we may not mention every spine crease or scratch, we make every effort to make note of all significant defects, including bookplates, writing or markings, and strong odors. The VERY GOOD and GOOD categories may be modified with a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to signify that the book(s) being described falls a little bit above or below the usual book with that grading.

  • LIKE NEW / AS NEW: Item could easily be mistaken for brand new. The book is tight and crisp with perhaps minor wear along the book's exterior edges. No missing pages, and all pages are undamaged with no creases or tears. There are no markings of any kind. The only signs of wear may be minor rubs or scuffs to the cover or jacket from shipping, or lightly bumped spine ends or corners from shelving.

  • FINE: Some evidence of slight wear. Approaches the condition of LIKE NEW, but without being as crisp. This copy may have been opened carefully one or twice, resulting in a light reader's crease (a crease along the edge of the cover by the spine) or minor stress lines on the spine. The binding is still tight. Cover or dustjacket may have minor rubbing; hardcovers may have lightly bumped spine ends.

  • NEAR FINE: This grade signifies a book or dust jacket approaching FINE but with a couple of minor defects or faults. Original cover lamination (if any) may be slightly peeling at the corners. Edge staining (if any) could be slightly faded. Pages are largely white but may show browning around the edges. No major creases or bends are in the covers. The book or jacket may have lightly bumped spine ends, a small amount of rubbing wear, or light wear showing on the jacket or board edges. There will be no tears or markings. An assortment of minor indications of wear may be present, but the book remains a very nice copy.

  • VERY GOOD: The book is obviously used but is still fairly tight and structurally sound. There are no missing pages. Any noticeable wear is not major. There may be some light wear, soiling, fading, or yellowing, depending on age. Cover luster/gloss may have faded or plastic lamination (if any) may be peeling in spots. There may be slight bends or creases on the cover of softcover books. There may be a small amount of marking inside the cover or on an end page (i.e. previous owner identification, bookstore stamp) but there is no underlining or highlighting of text. The spine may be bent from several readings but will show no more than a moderate amount of creasing. Softcovers or board edges may show light edgewear. Jackets may show a little rubbing or crinkling at the edges. Any tears or chips in the jacket will be identified.

  • GOOD: A typical "used" book. This book is showing signs of wear and use, but remains structurally good. There may be foxing, yellowing, or similar age-toning. The cover or jacket may show some wear ? fading, soiling, loss of luster, creases, scratches or small tears. The spine of softcover books may be slanted and will likely have moderate to heavy creasing. The majority of pages are undamaged (minimal creases or tears). This book may have some markings ? bookstore stamps, previous owner identifications or minimal underlining of text. A dust jacket rated good will likely have some tears or missing chips.

  • ACCEPTABLE (FAIR / POOR / READING COPY): A worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title pages, etc. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text. May be soiled, scuffed, stained, or spotted, and may have loose joints, hinges, pages, etc. The book is in the lowest usable condition. Jacket (if any), may have large tears or be incomplete.



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