Lord of the Sorcerers
by Carter Dickson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. First Edition. 201 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with faded lettering. Front endpaper stuck to paste down. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Ex-library with usual stamps and markings. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine and board edges. Book has a forward lean.
Synopsis
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (also published as Lord of the Sorcerers) is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery or, more properly, a subset of that category known as an "impossible crime", and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1699276212CAB
- Title
- Lord of the Sorcerers
- Author
- Carter Dickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1946
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- Cloth
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.