London: Hammond, Hammond & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Condition is worse than may appear from the picture. 2" chip to rear free endpaper. Page edges foxed and rubbed. Rubber stamps to page edges and endpapers. Staining to some leaves. Short tears to blank margins of some leaves. Text complete. A reading copy. ; 224 pages. Maroon papered boards. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm. "Tough, charming, wise-cracking Michael O'Kelly, journalist and ex-Secret Service agent, should have known better than to venture alone into the dark alleys of the Casbah." ; Ex-Library; 12mo .

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Seller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Seller's Inventory #: 11359
Title: Deadly Interlude
Author: O'Brine, Manning
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hammond, Hammond & Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: (1954)

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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