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A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection (Reader's Guides to Mystery Novels)
by Lachman, Marvin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0816118035
- ISBN 13
- 9780816118038
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: G K Hall, 1993. An essential sourcebook with fully annotated entries on 1,314 titles by 166 authors, with detailed cross-reference listings. Nominated for the Edgar and Agatha awards. Ex-library with stamps to the front end paper, no other library indications. First printing. Spine head gently bumped, paper residue to the pastedowns where it appears a jacket protector had been glued. Square and solid, pages clean and unmarked. Jacket lightly crimped, in new Brodart. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- D180148
- Title
- A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection (Reader's Guides to Mystery Novels)
- Author
- Lachman, Marvin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0816118035
- ISBN 13
- 9780816118038
- Publisher
- G K Hall
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Mystery Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller; Reference; Books About Books;
Terms of Sale
MLC 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
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- G
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- Brodart
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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