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LADY AFRAID.
by DENT, LESTER
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948., 1948. First edition. First edition. Author's third book to appear using his own name. Page edges uniformly tanned, else near fine in dust jacket with very light wear to spine ends and the extremities. The author is best known as the creator of Doc Savage, The Man Of Bronze. Set in Florida a young woman is tricked into leaving her young son, and when she returns he is gone .... kidnapped! As it develops the kidnapped child is of great concern, but the deeper motives of the kidnapper are decidedly more significant. Crime Club mystery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26040
- Title
- LADY AFRAID.
- Author
- DENT, LESTER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Biblio member since 2006
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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- Fine
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