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THE SCREAMING MIMI.
by BROWN, FREDRIC
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 1949., 1949. First edition. First edition. The fifth Fredric Brown mystery novel and generally considered among his best. Covers lightly soiled else a near fine copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities. Bill Sweeney for his own reasons wants to find the "Ripper" who was terrorizing all Chicago by slashing to death three beautiful girls. Bill had to first find out what the link was between the "Ripper's" victims? Why they were always beautiful blondes? What did the Screaming Mimi, that twisted, panic-stricken little statue, have to do with the murders? Filmed as The Screaming Mimi by Columbia Pictures in 1958. Directed by Gerd Oswald with Robert Brees as screenwriter, and starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, and Gypsy Rose Lee.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49572
- Title
- THE SCREAMING MIMI.
- Author
- BROWN, FREDRIC
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dutton, 1949.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania
About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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