Persons Unknown: An Exercise in Detection
by MacDonald, Philip
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1931. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this murder mystery you, the reader, and Colonel Gethryn, the detective, are on equal footing. Every fact that he has to work on you have also - in exactly the same form. If you want to know how good a detective you are, this book will tell you. Published for The Crime Club, Inc. 281 pp. Black cloth covered boards have red text on spine and front, top edge dyed red. Introduction by Philip MacDonald. 'The Summit Stationery And Cigar Store Lending Library' stamp , 3 due date stamps are the only clues to its former life. Front hinge starting & showing gauze, rear hinge starting, 4 " closed tear p.279, spine ends rubbed, book is slightly cocked, 1 1/2" diagonal scratch accross fore edge. Bookseller's Inventory # 133516.
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- Seller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003516
- Title
- Persons Unknown: An Exercise in Detection
- Author
- MacDonald, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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