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San Francisco Thrillers: True Crimes and Dark Mysteries from the City by the Bay
by Miller, John (Editor); Smith, Tim (Editor)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0811810437
- ISBN 13
- 9780811810432
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Collection of stories--both fictional classics from Jim Thompson, Alfred Hitchcock, Dashiell Hammett, Joe Gores, Mabel Maney, & more, as well as a couple true crime accounts--all set in San Francisco, California. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1995, this trade paperback has decorative paper wrappers with French flaps, in 252 pages, with black-and-white photos throughout. Condition is Near Fine: just slight shelfwear & a remainder dot to bottom outside page edges keeps it from being brand new! Otherwise, completely clean, feels never opened! Binding straight & strong, pages white. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018629
- Title
- San Francisco Thrillers: True Crimes and Dark Mysteries from the City by the Bay
- Author
- Miller, John (Editor); Smith, Tim (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0811810437
- ISBN 13
- 9780811810432
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, California
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME MYSTERY SUSPENSE NOIR SAN FRANCISCO CA CALIFORNIA SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Crime: True Crime; Californiana;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
All books shipped promptly that day or next; tracking # provided on all orders. Refunds issued gladly in accordance with Biblio policies.
About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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