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Winds of Evil
by Upfield, Arthur W
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co/Crime Club, 1944. First U. S. edition of this early Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery, with the map of Carie in the far west of New South Wales. Bony is back in the Australian bush country to investigate two stranglings that occured the year before. Bumped and rubbed, spine a bit cocked with the lower edge of the front board darkened. Tape residue and darkening to the end papers. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, including a 1" chip to the lower front panel near the flap fold and a bit of loss to the spine head. Damp stains to the front flap and the upper and lower rear panel, tape residue to the flaps. $2.00 price intact, in new mylar. Laid in is The Bony Bulletin, No. 25, July 1988. A 6 page fanzine, this issue includes a reprint of a map Upfield included in his personal Christmas card which shows the location of each Bony mystery to that time (along with the editor's quibbles over the accuracy of Upfield's map.) Scarce in jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.
Reviews
On Apr 6 2011, Smackum said:
One of the best of the "Bony" series!!
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D130753
- Title
- Winds of Evil
- Author
- Upfield, Arthur W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co/Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1944
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
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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- Cocked
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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- Flap(s)
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- 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....
- New
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