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New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. the first Simon 'The Saint' Templar mystery, good in mint professional reproduction dust jacket, in archival cover; rubbing to boards, fraying to board corners and spine ends, owner bookplate inside front cover, minor wear/darkening to pageblock edges, gentle spine lean, owner's blind seal at bottom of contents page else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped reproduction dust jacket; stated first edition; extremely scarce in the American first printing; photos on request
Meet - The Tiger! by Leslie Charteris - 1929
by Leslie Charteris
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Meet - The Tiger!
by Leslie Charteris
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- very good
- Hardcover
New York: Doubleday Doran & Company The Crime Club, 1929. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 296 pages. Black cloth. This is the first American edition which was preceded by the English edition by Ward Lock published in 1928. States first edition on the copyright page. The first appearance of The Saint. Some small closed tears to the spine (approximately 1/2 cm). Two small stamps from a previous owner inside back cover. Light rubbing to the edges of the boards. Spine shows some fading. Small magic marker stain to bottom foredge. Binding is tight.
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Midway Used and Rare Books
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First American edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Doubleday Doran & Company The Crime Club
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1929
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Meet --The Tiger
by Charteris, Leslie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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MEET - THE TIGER!
by Charteris, Leslie
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- 1st American edition
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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Garden City, New York: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929. 1st American edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st American edition, 1929. A Very Good book in a Fair dust jacket. 8vo., 296 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with title in red. Tan dust jacket with title in red on front cover along with image of knife handle and the Crime Club logo. Dust jacket has been pasted onto backing paper at the spine, top and bottom to reinforce and hold it together, coupon on rear dust jacket flap has been cut out. Text is clean with previous owners name inside front cover, some soiling to text block edges and glue staining to end papers. Very SCARCE copy with original dust jacket. The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's…
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