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THIN AIR
by BROWNE, HOWARD
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954., 1954. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with minor chipping to top of interior front and rear flaps. Also writes under the pseudonym John Evans. Ames Coryell, a successful advertising executive arrives home with his family. His wife enters the home first followed by Ames carrying their sleeping 3-year-old daughter. By the time he puts her to bed and returns downstairs, his wife has disappeared...into thin air. A tense well-written story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39749
- Title
- THIN AIR
- Author
- BROWNE, HOWARD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, 1954.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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- Fine
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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- Flap(s)
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- First Edition
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