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The Neon Haystack (an Inner Sanctum Murder)
by Ullman, James Michael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963 Hard cover in green cloth, with red titling, with dust jacket in mylar, 236 pp. Mod cover art by award-winning graphic designer Lawrence Ratzkin. Chicago-born author James Michael Ullman was also a finalist for the 1964 Edgar Award for Best First Novel with this title. A classic crime thriller, it tells the story of Steve Kolshak, a civil engineer returned from a contract in Arabia in order to find his brother Ed, who disappeared without a trace from a downtown Chicago hotel. He employs a private eye, and is on the radar of police Lt. Van Doyle. The blurb dubs it "an action-filled, fast-moving story of detection and suspense which increases with every page to a thundering finish." Condition: Very Good, with a very good dust jacket. Board corners are slightly rubbed and bumped, and a small dent appears on the front board. Contents are clean but tanned. Dust jacket has wear to quite a few edges, a fold along the bottom rear, head and tail wear to spine, and a couple of quarter inch tears. The overall effect, however, is still pleasing.. First edition, Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Seller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7870
- Title
- The Neon Haystack (an Inner Sanctum Murder)
- Author
- Ullman, James Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition, Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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