The Red House Mystery
by Milne, A.A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited and with prefaces by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor. Very Good. Orange buckram, lightly pushed at the corners, with blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges. Part of the "Fifty Classics of Crime Fiction" series.
Synopsis
The first and only detective novel written by the beloved author of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Red House Mystery was a 'locked room' whodunnit that was immensely popular. Published during the Golden Age of the detective novel, it featured an amateur sleuth setting about to solve a mysterious murder during a party at an English country house.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7007
- Title
- The Red House Mystery
- Author
- Milne, A.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, British Fiction, 20th Century Fiction
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...