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THE CAPE COD MYSTERY.
by TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD
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- first
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1931]., 1931. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Former owner's name stamp and address on front pastedown sheet, else a near fine bright copy in dust jacket with small chips to the spine ends, rubbed along spine panel and front flap fold, with tiny nicks and chips to the extremities. Dale Sanborn has made a lot of enemies in his career as a muckraking author, philanderer and occasional blackmailer. When he vacations at a cabin in Cape Cod, any of his many visitors... an old girlfriend, his fiancee, an outraged husband, a long-lost brother, etc. ... could have killed him, and all of them wanted to. Asey Mayo investigates.
Synopsis
Dale Sanborn has made a lot of enemies in his career as a muckraking author, philanderer and occasional blackmailer. When he vacations at a cabin in Cape Cod, any of his many visitors... an old girlfriend, his fiancee, an outraged husband, a long-lost brother, etc. ... could have killed him, and all of them wanted to. Asey Mayo, the 'Codfish Sherlock' investigates. The published novel of Phoebe Atwood Taylor, and the first of the Asey Mayo series. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45964
- Title
- THE CAPE COD MYSTERY.
- Author
- TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1931].
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1931
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