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Room to Swing

Room to Swing

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Room to Swing

by Lacy, Ed; [Zinberg, Leonard]

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  • first
Condition
Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1957. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. [vi], 175, [1] pp. Original gray cloth backstrip and red paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black and red. Near Fine with light wear, small bookplate remnant to front free endpaper faint tidemark to rear paste down. In Very Good unclipped dust jacket with dampstaining visible on back panel, otherwise only on verso, spine sunned. A hard-boiled Edgar-winning crime novel that features a protagonist who has been called "the first credible African-American private eye," Toussaint Moore. Rare in hardcover, especially with jacket.

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Bookseller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
140938444
Title
Room to Swing
Author
Lacy, Ed; [Zinberg, Leonard]
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1957
Keywords
Toussaint Moore, mystery, Edgar Award winner, Black fiction, detective

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About the Seller

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon

About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.

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Bookplate
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Fine
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First Edition
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Jacket
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Spine
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Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Sunned
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