The Gracious Lily Affair: A Colonel North Novel (Reading For Men series)
by Van Wyck Mason
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardcover in light and dark blue paper covered boards decorated and lettered in gilt. 352 pp. Has the appearance of a book club, no price oon the jacket but with no blindstampe bullet on the rear board and "1" beneath the publisher's information on the copyright page. Fine in generally fine, lightly edge toned dust jacket. This volume contains the entire Mason novel, a tale of intrigue and adventure set in Bermuda and featuring a beautiful blonde, an exotic ballerina, a Swiss doctor and a dead guy. It also contains exerpts from four additional "Reading For Men" books: "Tip on A Dead Jockey" by Irwin Shaw, "Rally Round The Flag Boys" by Max Schulman, "They Fought For The Sky" by Quentin Reynolds, and " Rascals in Paradise" by James A Michener and A. Grove Day.
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Details
- Seller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- WE21071
- Title
- The Gracious Lily Affair: A Colonel North Novel (Reading For Men series)
- Author
- Van Wyck Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- mystery, suspense, murder, detectives, adventure, bermuda
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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