Obelists at Sea
by C. Daly King
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good -
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's silver cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [20],328pp. Jacket extremities and front panel a bit rubbed with old tape repair to verso not showing through externally, some toning along flap folds, corners gently tapped, contemporary ex libris to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy.
The first of the author's "Obelist" trilogy, the term coined by King to refer to a group of crime-solving psychologists (King was one himself, minus the crime-solving bit).
The first of the author's "Obelist" trilogy, the term coined by King to refer to a group of crime-solving psychologists (King was one himself, minus the crime-solving bit).
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10521
- Title
- Obelists at Sea
- Author
- C. Daly King
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
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