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Kill Joy (aka: Murder is a Kill-Joy)
by Holding Elisabeth Sanxay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 281 pages. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Extremely uncommon wartime first edition in dust jacket. "Bloodhound Mystery" Edition. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple./grey boards with spine bloodhound emblem. $2.00 jacket flap price. Jacket vert bright showing some bumping and small nicks to corners and small/faint creases. Short tear and crease to top edge of back cover. Rear board shows a long wrinkle in the cloth but looks like a manufacturing quirck rather than post purchase damage. Pages supple. Hinges. tight. Illustrator: "S.". Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Fiction::Mystery & Thriller ; Inventory No: 029762. BZDB373 Fiction::Mystery & Thriller ; "S." Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Kill Joy (aka: Murder is a Kill-Joy)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029762
- Title
- Kill Joy (aka: Murder is a Kill-Joy)
- Author
- Holding Elisabeth Sanxay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
Hang Fire Books
Returns accepted within thirty days IN SAME CONDITION. Refund initiated on receipt and inspection of returned item.
About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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