The Whistling Hangman (Dell Mapback)
by Kendrick, Baynard
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dell, 1946. Dell 113, mapback, first paperback printing. Gerald Gregg cover art. A wealthy man is staying at a Manhattan hotel with his estranged family, weak and on the verge of death. Closer than he thinks as his demise comes from a fall off the balcony. Blind detective Duncan Maclain determines he was hanged before the fall. Binding tight, no creases, rubbing at the spine ends. Uneven sunning to the edges of the spine and upper front, upper edge of the text block faded. Scarce.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240028
- Title
- The Whistling Hangman (Dell Mapback)
- Author
- Kendrick, Baynard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...