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William Morrow NY, 1939. HBDJ, 1939, 1st edition, date on title page & copyright page are same, DJ GLUED to book & has some wear , rub, tiny chips & light soil, Black cloth cover slight Lean, Interior light wear nice & Tight relatively Clean minor Fox, AS-IS, 315 pages, Priceclipped but original price Intact of $2. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Superintendent Wilson's Holiday by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole - 1929
by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole
Superintendent Wilson's Holiday
by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole
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1929 Payson and Clarke first US edition. Winner of the 1928 Queen's Quorum award for detective fiction.
Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue is the prior owner's name in ink on the title page (see photo).
Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate wear, including chips on the front panel and base of the spine, and a closed tear on the front panel. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue is the prior owner's name in ink on the title page (see photo).
Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate wear, including chips on the front panel and base of the spine, and a closed tear on the front panel. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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- Bookseller Harpo Speaks Books (US)
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Jacket Condition Good
- Edition first American edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Payson & Clarke
- Date Published 1929
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D. A. Draws a Circle, The ( Doug Selby as District Attorney
by Erle Stanley Gardner , inner flap DJ small creases up & down , blank endpaper small pencil writing ,
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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KID McGHIE
by S. R. Crockett
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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Toronto: The Coop-Clark Co., 1906. KID McGHIE- S. R. Crockett- Illustrated by E.F. Skinner- The Copp-Clark Co. Ltd.- Toronto- 1906-True-1st Edition-1st Printing-1st State- SC- Illustrated Softcover Wraps:- 12mo- VG/ no dj as issued-original grey wraps with green titles on cover and spine-illustration on cover also in green.- B&W frontis-+ 3 other plates- They are bound in to face pp.102, 192, and 322. -400pp all clean-no tears or writing- some cover rubs on spine,piece of tape at lower edge to prevent further separation which is about 3/4 of an inch- edges a little curled as to be expect with softcover, but a prime example of a very, very SCARCE copy in softcover-1st/1st-There are almost none that have survived-none available on the net!- Only 2 softcover true 1st ed's found in World cat: One in the UCLA rare books ibrary and and at the Univ. of Torotnto in the Fischer rare book room-SEE PHOTOS- Safe-cracking, burglary, etc. - with a ghost thrown in! There is no list of the plates, which are…
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THE MAN THAT LOOKED ON GLASS
by Noel Forrest
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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London- UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. THE MAN THAT LOOKED ON GLASS- Noel Forrest- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.-UK- 1937-1st Edition--1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo-VG/ no dj- original publishers light blue cloth cover with dark blue titles- lightly soiled and sunned spine, but tight and square- owners initials on title page, binding tight as is spine although somewhat yellowed by sun, but titles and author distinct in dark blue-SEE PHOTOS- No copies available either on the internet or at any World Cat library locations! Very, Very Scarce!- Fiction-mystery-thriller (3496) . 1st Edition-1st Printing-UK. Cloth. VG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Man Lay Dead ( Signed by Author )
by MARSH Ngaio
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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Boston: Little Brown, 1972 unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear and short tears and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, signed (authentic) 'Ngaio Marsh' to title, 287pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Bull-Dog Drummond at Bay
by SAPPER ( H C McNeile )
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- reprint
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ$250.00
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London: Hodder, 1936 third printing (Jan1935, Mar 1935 then this July 1936), excellent copy, has a nice calligraphic handwritten book label on paste down "Arthur H. Hobbs from Kath and Rod Christmas 1936." , blue cloth with black titling and design, unclipped DW quite tidy and complete with a few short tears along the ends of the DW folds, and minor rubbing or chipping to head of spine, 311pp nice tidy copy. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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A Night in Hollywood Forever, ( Cemetery on Santa Monica Blvd ) SIGNED a, (Five Star First Edition Mystery) Edgar Award-winning author ,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business
by Andrew J. Fenady, SIGNED & Inscribed BY CA. AUTHOR, INNER DJ FLAP .95
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781594143793
- ISBN 10
- 159414379X
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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Five Star Waterville, Maine, 2006 HBDJ, August 2006, stated 1st edition, NF+/VG+, This book is very good +condition except for minor shelf wear.287 pgs,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business on Larchmont Boulevard in Hollywood and into the mystery writing profession at the WRITERS AND ARTISTS BUILDING in Beverly Hills, where he intends to follow in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. But Night is persistently plagued by former clients who won't let him get past the title page of his potential Edgar Award mystery novel The Big Changeover. After too many false starts and near fatal distractions, Night finds himself on the treacherous trail of two missing objects. The first: an Imperial Fabergi Egg, The Tear of Russia, given by William Randolph Hearst over a half century ago to his mistress - --a Fabergi now valued at over ten million dollars. The second: his missing fianci, the beautiful Goldie Rose. It's soon evident that Goldie has been kidnapped, but by whom - and…
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The Dark Wind
by Hillerman, Tony
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good to Near Fine
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- Signed UK 1st printing
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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NZ$215.12
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First UK edition, Fine unread book, in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket that has slight edge and corner wear, couple of very light overwrite impressions, tiny dog-ear at top corner front flap, with a Gollancz price sticker over the original price. This copy has been signed by Hillerman on the half-title page. The second Jim Chee mystery.
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See Them Die
by McBain, Ed
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st printing
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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NZ$206.52
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Very Good book with mild spine slant, light wear to edges with small spots of board showing at corners and near/at spine, pages are age-yellowed as is usual with this title; in a similar dust jacket that has light edge and corner wear with touch of color loss at spine ends and bottom edge front panel, a one inch closed tear with small chip and crease in gutter bottom of front panel, mild rubbing to both panels. Price of $2.95 present on front flap. An early 87th Precinct mystery.
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The Doomsday Book
by Maclaren-Ross, J.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st printing
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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NZ$258.15
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A Novel of Intrigue & Suspense, The first U.S. edition. Very Good book that is very slightly bumped at corners, soft at spine ends with bit of wear there to quarter cloth; In a Very Good, PRICE-CLIPPED, jacket that edge and corner, two 1 inch closed tears top of front panel, wear and slight chipping to spine ends, and moderate soiling to back panel and spine. The U.K. author was quite popular following WWII and was well-known in English literary circles. Very scarce in any edition, but especially in this U.S. 1st printing.
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This is Mr Fortune
by H.C. Bailey
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- Used - Very Good
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- first American
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Scotia, New York, United States
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NZ$86.05
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1938 Doubleday, Doran first American edition. A Crime Club selection. Uncommon.A collection of six stories featuring Bailey's detective. All six first appeared in Windsor Magazine during 1938.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
by Bieker, Chelsea
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- near fine
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- Near Fine
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with…
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
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- Used - Very Good
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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NZ$20.65
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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!
by Nolan, Frederick
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780213165178
- ISBN 10
- 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780670844524
- ISBN 10
- 0670844527
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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NZ$27.52
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy
by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)
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- New
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780790000008
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- 0790000008
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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A Is For Alibi
by Sue Grafton
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- ISBN 13
- 9780805013344
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- 0805013342
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Noose, The
by MacDonald, Philip
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
by Burke, James Lee
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780316116992
- ISBN 10
- 0316116998
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Ellensburg, Washington, United States
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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