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The Last Best Friend

Name: The Last Best Friend
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Author: Sims, George

by Sims, George

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Wrappers. Wrinkle at top front corner, some light toning. Near fine. Inscribed

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New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988. First paperback edition, originally published by Gollancz in 1967. 190, [1] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Wrappers. Wrinkle at top front corner, some light toning. Near fine. Inscribed. First paperback edition, originally published by Gollancz in 1967. 190, [1] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed by the author on the half title, to his friend Alan Anderson, printer of the Tragara Press: "for Alan, 21 years after the first edition, George 18.vii.88"

Antiquarian bookseller and crime novelist George Sims (1923-1999) regularly commissioned presswork, including catalogues and private editions, from the Edinburgh fine press operated by Alan Anderson.

UNCOMMON SIGNED, A NICE ASSOCIATION. Keating, Crime & Mystery, The 100 Best Books, 65 ("here and there through a London George Sims seems to know in its every peculiar corner, in search of the truth"). Provenance: Alan Anderson; David Holmes

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Bookseller: The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 365253
Title: The Last Best Friend
Author: Sims, George
Format/Binding: 190, [1] pp. 1 vols. 12mo
Book Condition: Used - Wrappers. Wrinkle at top front corner, some light toning. Near fine. Inscribed
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First paperback edition, originally published by Gollancz in 196
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: Detective Fiction

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