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Lady Killer
by Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Honey married her husband for stability, not love, and tries to make the best of it. On a cruise, she believes the man next door is planning to murder his wife, and her husband is behaving oddly. Why won't anyone listen to her? Lightly bumped and rubbed with a short tear to the lower front gutter. Spine slightly cocked, hinges a bit loose, with a bookstore stamp and the previous owner's name, dated April 1, 1943, on the front end paper. Jacket shows light wear at the edges, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230031
- Title
- Lady Killer
- Author
- Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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