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A Halo For Nobody by Kane, Henry - 1947

by Kane, Henry

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A Halo For Nobody

by Kane, Henry

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Introduces hard-boiled detective Peter Chambers, a guy who is "tough as an agent's smile; who can drink like a camel, but hold his liquor like a revenue snooper." Bumped corners, edgewear, tanned pages, in price-clipped dust jacket w/2" x 1" triangular piece missing from top of front panel, several scrapes and nicks, rubbing, 1" x 1/8" piece scraped horizontally from left edge of front panel, general wear..
  • Bookseller Augustine Funnell Books CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Jacket Condition Good
  • Edition First Edition.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1947
  • Size Small octavo
  • Keywords PETER CHAMBERS, HARD-BOILED DETECTIVE, NOISBN
  • Size Small octavo

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by Kane, Henry

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Dell, 1947. Book. Good. Soft cover. Page unmarked. Paper tanning. Coves worn. Some spine twist. Binding firm. Dell Mapback #231.
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A Halo for Nobody

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. The first Peter Chambers mystery. Bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Pages tanned with short tears to the upper edge of the title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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A Halo for Nobody.

by KANE, Henry

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New York:: Dell Publishing,, [1947].. publisher's illustrated wrappers.. Near fine.. 12mo,.
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A Halo for Nobody

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Dell Pub Co., 1947. Mass Market. Acceptable. . A copy that's been read with wear and creases to the cover and spine. Pages are tanned.
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A Halo for Nobody

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New York: Dell Pub Co, 1947. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased and slightly rolled, pages are toning, overall a very well-preserved used first Dell edition! 240 unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! "Peter Chambers, tall, single, and handsome, is the roughneck of Scoffol and Chambers, Investigators. But when it comes to rye, classy dames, and murder, Pete seldom misses.". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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A Halo for Nobody

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, pages browned, otherwise VG in VG dustjacket.
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A Halo for Nobody

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Johannesburg, South Africa
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T.V. Boardman & Co, 1950. First Edition. hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. the boards are worn and scuffed. foxing and markings. a rather fair reading copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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HALO FOR NOBODY.

HALO FOR NOBODY.

by KANE, Henry, 1908-1988 :

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London : T. V. Boardman & Co., (1949). First British edition : precedes the Boardman hardback of 1950. "One of the best pulp mystery writers ever to walk this misbegotten world" (Robert K. Lewis). Originally published in the USA in 1947 - the author's first book, introducing Peter Chambers, sybarite, who drinks like a camel but holds his liquor like a revenue agent. Later republished as "Martinis and Murder". Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial wrappers - the artwork by the unmistakeable Denis McLoughlin; a little rubbed and worn; short splits; a serviceable copy. Just three copies of this edition (Bibliothèque Nationale, British Library, and Trinity College Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide. TVB Books 63.
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A Halo for Nobody (Signed First Edition)

A Halo for Nobody (Signed First Edition)

by Henry Kane

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front endpaper: "To Marla Harrington / from / Harry Kane / 4/7/47." Kane's first book and the first Peter Chambers mystery. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. Very Good plus, with a slight lean, in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is chipped at the extremities, affecting the publisher's device at the heel, with a few small closed tears.
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