DEATH BEFORE BEDTIME
by Box, Edgar (pseudonym of Gore Vidal)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A very good copy, some fading to edges of cloth in an about very good dust jacket edge wear, chipping to spine ends and corners,
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1953. First edition. A very good copy, some fading to edges of cloth in an about very good dust jacket edge wear, chipping to spine ends and corners, ragged tear to upper front panel with creasing, some general rubbing. Uncommon. (8963). Octavo, cloth. The author's second mystery. Washington, D.C. setting.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8963
- Title
- DEATH BEFORE BEDTIME
- Author
- Box, Edgar (pseudonym of Gore Vidal)
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, some fading to edges of cloth in an about very good dust jacket edge wear, chipping to spine ends and corners,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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