New York: William Morrow & Company, 1950. First edition. Bookplate to front paste-down, some edge rubbing to boards, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing front flap fold and chipping with minor loss to upper spine edge, a small chip to lower spine and mild edge rubbing. (16869). Octavo, boards. Mystery novel featuring Sir Henry Merrivale, an investigator of "impossible" crimes. Adey, Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes (1991), 612.

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Bookseller: John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16869
Title: NIGHT AT THE MOCKING WIDOW
Author: Carr, John Dickson, writing as "Carter Dickson
Book Condition: Used - Bookplate to front paste-down, some edge rubbing to boards, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing front flap
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: Mystery

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...