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Murder in Pastiche, Or, Nine Detectives All at Sea
by Marion Mainwaring
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0937672270
- ISBN 13
- 9780937672273
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Signed by author. Near Fine softcover. Glossy aqua color card covers with black design and titles. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; rear cover has some scuffing and shallow indentations; tightly bound; inscribed on title page 'For Kate - | Marion Mainwaring | 11 October 1989'; bright, crisp, clean interior. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore. This is a new, unread book that has shuffled among the shelves. 12mo, 224.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19036
- Title
- Murder in Pastiche, Or, Nine Detectives All at Sea
- Author
- Marion Mainwaring
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0937672270
- ISBN 13
- 9780937672273
- Publisher
- Rowan Tree Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- PARODY, MYSTERY, AUTHORS, DETECTIVES, POLICE, CRIME, HUMOR, Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, Michael Innes, Ngaio Marsh, Ellery Queen, Dorothy Sayers, Mickey Spillane, Rex Stout, Patricia Wentworth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery; Literature, Humor, Essays;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Crisp
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- 12mo
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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