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MR. STRANG
by Daly, Carroll John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with chips to spine ends with loss, small chip to upper left front corner, some g
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. First edition. A fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with chips to spine ends with loss, small chip to upper left front corner, some general rubbing especially to folds. (22392). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 1-290 [291-294: blank], original orange cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First published in Detective Fiction Weekly as a series of novelettes, Mr. Strang metes out vigilante justice. "Mr. Strang is the punch packing story of a mysterious individual who sets out single handedly to break up the racket of Parole." from the jacket copy. Mr. Strang had further adventures in the pulp magazine. Hubin, pp. 210-211.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22392
- Title
- MR. STRANG
- Author
- Daly, Carroll John
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with chips to spine ends with loss, small chip to upper left front corner, some g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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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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