Calamity Town
by Queen, Ellery (Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1942. Ellery moves to a small New England town where a man, who had disappeared just before his wedding, has returned and appears to be planning to poison his new wife. Bumped with light wear at the edges, spine sunned. Light foxing to the end papers and edges of the text block, previous owner's name on the front pastedown, hinges slightly loose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
Calamity Town is a novel that was published in 1942 by Ellery Queen. It is a mystery novel primarily set in the fictitious town of Wrightsville, USA.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220646
- Title
- Calamity Town
- Author
- Queen, Ellery (Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1942
- 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.
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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