The Exploits of the Chevalier Dupin
by Harrison, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dj
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City WI: Mycroft & Moran. Near Fine in Fine dj. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. [very slight bumping to the rear corners, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket shows just the teensiest bit of wear at the spine ends]. (endpaper maps) Seven mystery stories featuring Edgar Allan Poe's French detective, C. Auguste Dupin, who made his first appearance in Poe's 1841 story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Also includes an article by the author, "Dupin: The Reality Behind the Fiction," and an Introduction by Ellery Queen. Printing limited to 2,000 copies, per a statement in the back of the book. .
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- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28666
- Title
- The Exploits of the Chevalier Dupin
- Author
- Harrison, Michael
- Illustrator
- (dj design) Ronald Clyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mycroft & Moran
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City WI
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Detective Fiction, Paris, Short Stories
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