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Queen's Quorum
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] Ellery Queen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Boards rubbed and soiled, spine sunned, spine label damp stained, very good. LMM-275
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Boards rubbed and soiled, spine sunned, spine label damp stained, very good. LMM-275.
Ellery Queen. Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story as Revealed by the 106 Most Important Books Published in this Field since 1845.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition. Octavo. 132pp.
Pencil signed by Larry McMurtry, 1967, to FFEP, marked Not for Sale.
Publisher's red cloth hardcover boards, paper label to spine.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 275
- Title
- Queen's Quorum
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] Ellery Queen
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards rubbed and soiled, spine sunned, spine label damp stained, very good. LMM-275
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Sunned
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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