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MR. STRANG
by Daly, Carroll John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Abrasions to front and rear paste-downs from the dust jacket having glued to them and removed, two neat small previous owners si
- 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. Abrasions to front and rear paste-downs from the dust jacket having glued to them and removed, two neat small previous owners signatures, light shelf wear to corners and spine ends, an about very good copy in a fair dust jacket, which has been trimmed and completely backed with brown paper, portions of the spine and rear panel have chipped away. (9462). 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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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9462
- Title
- MR. STRANG
- Author
- Daly, Carroll John
- Book Condition
- Used - Abrasions to front and rear paste-downs from the dust jacket having glued to them and removed, two neat small previous owners si
- 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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