Halo for Satan: A Paul Pine Mystery
by Evans, John (Howard Browne pseudonym)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Author, 'For Bob Randisi, Best Wishes Howard "John Evans" Browne'. Stated First Edition, no other printing info listed. Dust Jacket in VG- condition in protective mylar cover, scuffing on edges, some short tears, chipping (especially on spine), several closed tears on both flaps (small piece missing from front flap, $2.50 price intact, faint dampstaining on rear panel. Boards in VG condition, fading on gilt on spine. Prior owner's name in pencil on first endpaper, prior owner's book label on rear endpaper. Binding is tight. Very faint dampstaining on bottom corner of some pages toward front, including page with signature.
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- Bookseller
- Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037301
- Title
- Halo for Satan: A Paul Pine Mystery
- Author
- Evans, John (Howard Browne pseudonym)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
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Seattle, Washington
About Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- VG
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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