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DEAR DEAD PROFESSOR by K. Alison La Roche - 1944

by K. Alison La Roche

DEAR DEAD PROFESSOR by K. Alison La Roche - 1944

DEAR DEAD PROFESSOR

by K. Alison La Roche

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VG/G+. Dust jacket lightly foxed/soiled, minor edge wear with small closed tears; tape repaired at spine ends, top corner, and bottom edge of rear panel. Original $2.00 price intact on front flap. Jacket is in a clear protective sleeve. Boards are clean with light shelf wear to edges. Binding is strong. Text block is tight with very faint foxing. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. A nice copy of this scarce Phoenix Press title in a still presentable dust jacket with jacket art by Ancona. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
  • Bookseller Lost Time US (US)
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  • Publisher Phoenix Press
  • Date Published 1944
SECRET OF TATE'S BEACH

SECRET OF TATE'S BEACH

by Seaman, Augusta Huiell

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Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket. The popularity of Seaman's books means that it is uncommon for the earlier titles to be
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near fine
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Hardcover
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New York:: D. Appleton-Century, , 1933.. Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. The popularity of Seaman's books means that it is uncommon for the earlier titles to be found in dustjacket at all, and it is rare to find a copy with both the book and the dustjacket in such exceptional condition. Spine straight, pages white with no toning, corners sharp, the cream dust jacket with black lettering and illustration has only the very slightest of edgewear, a little rubbing on the folds. (the young lady who kept this book in such good condition did write her name and 1935 on the front endpaper.). 4th printing. Novel originally published in 1926, and set on the remote New Jersey coast. Despite the fact that this had several printings, it remains one of Seaman's more difficult to find titles in any edition. It is also an interesting and popular story which involves 2 shipwrecks - one long ago, and one 18 years before the time of the story - and a lost treasure. Illustrated by C. M.… Read More
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Domingo Negro

Domingo Negro

by Harris, Thomas

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Used - NF/NF
Edition
First edition.
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Hardcover
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Miami, Florida, United States
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£277.58

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Madrid, Spain,: Ultramar Editores,. NF/NF. 1976. First edition.. HB. Signed by the author on the title page. .
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Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (Signed limited)
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Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (Signed limited)

by Willeford, Charles

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Used - Fine
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Fine
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Limited first edition
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Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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£244.92

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Limited first edition; number 358 of 400 such copies. Fine unread book in Fine jacket. Full wrap-around dust jacket with art by Joe Servello; end paper designs also by Servello. Signed and numbered by Willeford on limitation page printed in red. This copy is housed in a custom made clamshell box.
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Lyrics for the Blues
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Lyrics for the Blues

by Haywood, Gar Anthony

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Used - Fine
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None
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Collector's Limited First Edition
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Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Fine unread book in a Fine clamshell box that has very tiny nick bottom edge front board – possibly a binding flaw; no jacket as issued. This is copy number 1 of 17 Collector's editions bound in simulated leather. These have an original Phil Parks B/W illustration from the book mounted on lid of box opposite the book. This copy, since it is number 1, has the first illustration. The front board has a color reproduction of a full-color Parks illustration of Haywood standing in front of Mickey's Trueblood Barbershop. Five Aaron Gunner short stories by Haywood, four of which have never appeared before. Introduction by Lawrence Block; Afterword by Jeffrey Deaver; illustrations by Phil Parks. This copy signed on the title page by Haywood, Block, Deaver, and Parks.
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Off the Wall
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Off the Wall

by Willeford, Charles

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  • very good
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Used - Very Good
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Very Good to Near Fine
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1st printing inscribe to a Miami Dr.
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Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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£367.38

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Very Good book has the common age toning along the board edges, tiny dings to corners, slight soiling to page edges, with lower inch and and half of spine slightly concave inward; in Very Good to Near Fine dust jacket that has very slight yellowing front and back panels with mild rubbing, and slight edge and corner wear. This was a very fragile production. Willeford's fictionalized story of the Son of Sam killer and the Sheriff Deputy who caught him. This copy has been signed by Willeford on the front end page and inscribed: To Lou Maradie – I think you'll like this. Dr. Schwartz thinks Berko faked his psychosis. Dr. Abrahamsen does not. So it goes. You may have a different opinion. All the best. Dr. Louis J. Maradie practiced Clinical Psychology in Miami for 35 years. This book appeared four years prior to Miami Blues, the first Hoke Mosley mystery.
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DEATH AT ASH HOUSE (original title: This Undesirable Residence.)

DEATH AT ASH HOUSE (original title: This Undesirable Residence.)

by Burton, Miles (pseudonym of Cecil John C. Street)

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Used - Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markin
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very good condition and the
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Hardcover
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Garden City, New York:: Doubleday,, 1942.. Hardcover first edition -. Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markings. The dustjacket was originally covered by an old-style protector with black edges - and these black edges left some marks on the endpapers. Otherwise the book is in very good condition and the dustjacket is in exceptionally good condition - bright and attractive with only the slightest bit of fading to the red on the spine, and a small amount of dampstaining visible on the upper corner of the front flap. . First US printing. A Crime Club selection. An Inspector Arnold mystery, published in the UK as 'This Undesirable Residence.' An uncommon title by this writer (who also wrote mysteries under the name of John Rhode.)
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Child of Rage
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Child of Rage

by Thompson, Jim

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  • Fine
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  • first
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Used - Fine
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No jacket
Edition
Limited edition lettered I
Binding
Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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£200.02

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Lettered, limited first edition of 26 copies; this is copy "I" bound in full leather. Text is author's original, which is different than the cut version published in the original paperback. Fine book with no jacket as issued, very tight fit in slipcase. Black slipcase has glossy wrap-around binding with photo of Thompson back and Warhol art front. The slipcase is lightly rubbed front and back. Signed by introducer Gerald Petrievich on the limitation page and by publisher Craig Graham on copyright page.
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High Priest of California (novel and play) and Wild Wives
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High Priest of California (novel and play) and Wild Wives

by Willeford, Charles

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Used - Fine Minus
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Fine Minus
Edition
1st printing of this hardcover, limited edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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£204.10

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Limited edition, 1st printing of this hardcover version. A back-to-back packaging of two early Willeford novels that appeared as PBOs, plus his play version of first title. A Fine minus book that has slight wear and color loss to corners and spine ends; in a Fine minus book with just a hint of fade to spine. This is number 1 of 250 copies; signed by Willeford and numbered on a limitation page.
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COLD: THE NEW BOND ADVENTURE.

COLD: THE NEW BOND ADVENTURE.

by [FLEMING, Ian], GARDNER, John.

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Used - Fine
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Fine
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Hardcover
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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£228.58

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London: Hodder & Stoughton,, 1996.. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are in fine condition. No remainder mark; price intact on the front dust jacket flap. An uncommon James Bond adventure.
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Uisce
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Uisce

by Bruen, Ken (Michael Connelly, Intro.; Jan Burke, Afterword; Phil Parks, Illustrator)

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Used - Fine minus
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None
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Limited edition
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Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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£224.51

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Numbered limited first edition, Fine minus, unread book that has very slight half inch wrinkle to cloth covering near top edge front page, in a Fine, clear acrylic slipcase. This is copy number 2 of only 50 such copies (there were also 8 Collector's copies). Uisce is Gallic for "water." Contains two short stories by Bruen: All the Swans are Dying, featuring Jack Taylor; and Brant's High Tide, featuring Inspector Brant. There are mounted, full-color photos of Bruen, Connelly, and Burke opposite the title page, the Introduction and the Afterword. There are also eight B/W drawings by Parks that are tipped-in. The limitation page is signed by all four contributors.
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)

by Bieker, Chelsea

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with… Read More
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie

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  • very good
  • Paperback
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!

Kill Petrosino!

by Nolan, Frederick

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780213165178 / 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

by Stephen King

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used - Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780670844524 / 0670844527
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy

Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy

by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)

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New
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780786868018 / 0786868015
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10
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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A Is For Alibi

A Is For Alibi

by Sue Grafton

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Used - Fine
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N
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780805013344 / 0805013342
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Used - Good-
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No DJ Included
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First Edition Thus
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Used - Good
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First Edition Thus
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Hardcover
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Noose, The
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Noose, The

by MacDonald, Philip

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Used
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First Canadian?
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
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Black Cherry Blues

by Burke, James Lee

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Used - Very Good
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Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780316116992 / 0316116998
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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