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THE EDGE OF THE CHAIR

THE EDGE OF THE CHAIR

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THE EDGE OF THE CHAIR

by Kahn, Joan (editor) (Edmund Pearson; Stanley Ellin; Robert Tallant; Valentina Zhuravleva; Alexander Pushkin; Stewart Alsop; Thomas Braden; Ambrose Bierce; Harold Pinter; Edward Hale Bierstadt; Robert M. Coates; Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Graham Greene)

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New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. 560 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat large book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Green cloth decorated in gilt and black on the front panel and spine; black endpapers; black upper edge. Light wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the front panel; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Sixth Capsule or Proof by Circumstantial Evidence by Edmund Pearson; Fool's Mate by Stanley Ellin; The Axeman Wore Wings by Robert Tallant; Stone from the Stars by Valentina Zhuravleva; The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin; Billy: The Seal Mission by Stewart Alsop and Thomas Braden; A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce; Tea Party by Harold Pinter; Death Draws a Triangle by Edward Hale Bierstadt; The Net by Robert M. Coates; Prisoner of the Sand by Antoine de Saint Exupery; The End of the Party by Graham Greene; The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries by Andre Castelot; Jesting Pilot by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore); Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth's Escape by William G. Shepherd; A Piece of Steak by Jack London; The Game of Murder by Gerd Gaiser; On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer by Kathleen Freeman; The Adventure of Clapham Cook by Agatha Christie; The Last Night of the World by Ray Bradbury; They by Rudyard Kipling; The Chair by John Bartlow Martin; Old Fags by Stacy Aumonier; Dead Men Working in Cane Fields by William Seabrook; How the Bridadier Lost His Ear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dry September by William Faulkner; Rattenbury and Stone by T. Tennyson Jesse; Sing a Song of Sixpence by John Buchan; The Murder in Le Mans by Janet Flanner; Sleeping Beauty by John Collier; The Shadow of the Shark by G. K. Chesterton; A Small Buried Treasure by John Fischer; The Horla by Guy de Maupassant; and Scrawns by Dorothy L. Sayers..

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Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe CA (CA)
Seller's Inventory #
228265
Title
THE EDGE OF THE CHAIR
Author
Kahn, Joan (editor) (Edmund Pearson; Stanley Ellin; Robert Tallant; Valentina Zhuravleva; Alexander Pushkin; Stewart Alsop; Thomas Braden; Ambrose Bierce; Harold Pinter; Edward Hale Bierstadt; Robert M. Coates; Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Graham Greene)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good-
Edition
Book Club Edition
Publisher
Harper and Row Publishers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1967
Size
8vo
Keywords
noir; pulp; hard boiled; secrets; murder;
Bookseller catalogs
Mystery and Detective;

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W. Fraser Sandercombe

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About W. Fraser Sandercombe

We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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Book Club Edition
A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Rubbing
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Gilt
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Cloth
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