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Murders at Moon Dance
by Guthrie, A.B
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1943. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed and warmly inscribed by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. on the front free endpaper, "To Burton Milward, with the pleasantest of recollections of a long and friendly association." [ii], 284pp. Bound in publisher's ochre cloth stamped in red. Very Good+ with light wear, offset at endsheets; sticker residue at front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with edge tears; tear to bottom front joint. Light toning, fading to spine, soiling with moderate foxing to verso.
Photocopied 1p TLS dated Feb. 10, 1991 from Guthrie to the former owner Burton Milward laid-in with Burton Milward, Jr. letterhead envelope postmarked 20 Feb. 2001 from The Captain's Bookshelf, Inc. This letter refers to Guthrie's inscription inside the book.
A mystery, the first book from the western author who later won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for The Way West.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140946020
- Title
- Murders at Moon Dance
- Author
- Guthrie, A.B
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize, signed, western, westerns, novel, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- Laid-in
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- E.P.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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