You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up
by Hallas, Richard
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1938. First edition. 8vo, 213pp. Red cloth lettered in black. Staining to boards, worn at corners and spine ends, spotting to page edges, page block toned. A very good copy in facsimile jacket.
Presentable first edition of this classic of hardboiled detective fiction set in Southern California.
Presentable first edition of this classic of hardboiled detective fiction set in Southern California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5892
- Title
- You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up
- Author
- Hallas, Richard
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 213pp. Red cloth lettered in black. Staining to boards, worn at corners and spine ends, spotting to page edges, page block
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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