The Red Stain - A Story of Mystery and Crime
by Achmed Abudlah
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1916). Hardcover. Spine faded. 7mm tear at head of spine. Some foxing. Previous owner's signature. ; First UK edition? (previously published in the USA in 1915). [8], 309, [3 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Blind-stamped title and panel on front board. Blind-stamped gate emblem on rear board. Crime fiction, a novel. "On Thursday, the ninth of December, at nine P.M., I was looking forward to a pleasant evening." - the opening sentence. Copyright page has "COPYRIGHT / - / Just Published in England 1916". .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21739
- Title
- The Red Stain - A Story of Mystery and Crime
- Author
- Achmed Abudlah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1916)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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