Crime on Her Mind: Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties
by Slung, Michele B. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039449573X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394495736
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon Books, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Very Good. Anthology featuring tales about 15 women detectives/amateur sleuths, along with an Introduction that offers an historical perspective on women in detective fiction, + a chronological survey of 100+ female detective from 1864-1975. 380 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, this hardcover book is in VG- condition: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages white with mild tanning, no foxing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Only real flaw is light coffee-colored smudges of unknown origin to exterior fore edge, some very faint spots to top & bottom outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is VG: bright & colorful, no fading, but downgraded due to mild chipping at both ends of spine.Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020068
- Title
- Crime on Her Mind: Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties
- Author
- Slung, Michele B. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039449573X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394495736
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- DETECTIVE MYSTERY FICTION FEMALE WOMEN SLEUTH LITERATURE LITERARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
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