The desperate hours; a play by Joseph Hayes ; based on the novel by the same author
by Hayes, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Slight wear to head and foot of spine. Slight denting to the bottom front corner. Top front and rear corners lightly bumped. Bro/very good +
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1955. Hardcover. Slight wear to head and foot of spine. Slight denting to the bottom front corner. Top front and rear corners lightly bumped. Browning DJ wrapped in new mylar sleeve. Neat ownership signature and date to FFEP. Overall a tight and clean copy in very good condition. Now in archival mylar sleeve./very good +. Grey cloth quarto with white and red DJ (browning spine); 186 pages : b/w illustrations ; 21 cm. Contains b/w photographs ll Harrowing story about an escaped convict who breaks into a suburban home and takes a family hostage ll Psychological fiction. Scripts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90626
- Title
- The desperate hours; a play by Joseph Hayes ; based on the novel by the same author
- Author
- Hayes, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight wear to head and foot of spine. Slight denting to the bottom front corner. Top front and rear corners lightly bumped. Bro
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theater;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.