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A Dram of Poison
by Armstrong, Charlotte
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, 1956. Book. Illus. by Rus Anderson (dust jacket illustration). Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pseudonym of Charlotte Armstrong Lewi. Winner of the 1957 Edgar Award. After five decades of bachelorhood, a poetry teacher marries a hapless woman whose awkwardness and depression fade away after marriage, just in time to attract the interest of a younger, more handsome and wealthier man. Jealousy and a murder scheme ensue. Garnet cloth w/red lettering to spine, 253 pages, bookseller tag (DeWolfe & Fiske Co./Booksellers/2 Park St.--Boston) to bottom left corner of first end paper. Moderately cocked w/similar wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/lightly soiled edges, foxing/glue stains to end papers, tanning, in edgeworn dust jacket w/light chipping to corners/spine ends, a couple of small chips to top edge of front panel, sunned-but-still-legible spine (a fairly common flaw for this title), impressions, some soil to rear panel..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019335
- Title
- A Dram of Poison
- Author
- Armstrong, Charlotte
- Illustrator
- Rus Anderson (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Charlotte Armstrong Lewi, poison, murder, May/December romances, poetry, teachers, professors, bachelors, Edgar Award winners
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (hardcover);
Terms of Sale
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Postage extra. All items returnable within seven days of receipt for full refund if received by us in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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