THE WRONG MAN
by Bailey, H[enry] C[hristopher]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with touch of wear at edges. A very nice copy. (12780)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1945. First edition. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with touch of wear at edges. A very nice copy. (12780). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [11-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-252 [253-254: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed. A novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. The UK edition was published in 1946 by Macdonald. Hubin (1994), p. 42.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12780
- Title
- THE WRONG MAN
- Author
- Bailey, H[enry] C[hristopher]
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with touch of wear at edges. A very nice copy. (12780)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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