The Private Lives of Private Eyes, Spies, Crimefighters, & Other Good Guys
by Penzler, Otto
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0448143267
- ISBN 13
- 9780448143262
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. The lives and times of the world's 25 best-known fictional crime fighters, 214 pages. First paperback printing. Gently bumped with light rubbing at the edges. Inscribed inside the front cover "Dear Marv, Sincere thanks once again for your prodigious efforts on the Perry Mason chapter. It would have been shabby - or impossible - without your scholarship. Warmest wishes, as ever, Otto." Also laid in is a hand-written note signed by Penzler. From the library of Marvin Lachman, who is listed in the acknowledgments.. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231216
- Title
- The Private Lives of Private Eyes, Spies, Crimefighters, & Other Good Guys
- Author
- Penzler, Otto
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0448143267
- ISBN 13
- 9780448143262
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.