The Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous. For twenty years I had been perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window-boxes filled in the spring, the carpets lifted, the awnings put up and the furniture covered with brown linen; for as many summers I had said good-by to my friends, and, after watching their perspiring hegira, had settled down to a delicious quiet in town, where the mail comes three times a day, and the water supply does not depend on a tank on the roof.
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First serialized in five issues of All-Story starting with the November 1907 issue, the first book was published in 1908 by Bobbs-Merrill in Indianapolis. It pioneered the 'had I but known' school of mystery writing and was a best-seller.
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The Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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- 1908
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. First edition. 8vo, 362pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped with red lettering and black staircase and window illustration on upper board and spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed card from Rinehart laid in. Nearly fine, spine slightly cocked and with rubbing to spine ends and corners. Bookplate to front pastedown else clean internally. Original, untouched jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Circular Staircase
by RINEHART, Mary Roberts
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. Pictorial cloth. Bump on the edge of the front board, spine lettering a little darkened, and front hinge restored, a very good copy. Rinehart's first book, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Item Price
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The Circular Staircase (First Edition)
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. First Edition. First Edition. The author's first book.
Adapted twice for the screen: once in 1915, as a silent film, and once in 1956, for the television series "Climax!" The novel was also the basis for the successful 1920 Broadway play "The Bat."
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The Circular Staircase
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- 1908
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New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo, 362pp. Beautiful First Edition of Rinehart's first book and a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. First printing with September 1908 on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's decorative olive green cloth with titles in red and illustrations in black on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout… Read more about this item Item Price
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Ralph, Lester. First edition. Lacks jacket. Corners rubbed, spine leans forward slightly, endpapers foxed and edges a bit soiled with 1/2 inch spot on fore edge, ink name on front endpaper. 1908 Hard Cover. 301 pp. Includes frontispiece and illustrations by Lester Ralph, as well… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Books 98. A touch of lamination peel along the edges, light corner crease to back cover. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.
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The Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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- Color frontispiece, illustrations by Lester Ralph. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. First edition. Color frontispiece, illustrations by Lester Ralph. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive cloth with pictorial spine and upper board stamped in black and orange. Bookplate of novelist Stewart Edward White. Some minor wear to extremities, front hinge starting, else an attractive copy of the author's celebrated first book. Ralph, Lester. First edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Circular Staircase (Dover Mystery Classics)
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Dover Publications. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Item Price
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The Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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Martinsville, Virginia, USA
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Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, first 15 pages have a few stains on them as well as the rear of the cover, overall a nice used and collectible first edition! Green decorative cloth with a circular staircase and red lettering on the front board… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dell 585 Mapback Mass Market Paperback; the only date cited was a copyright, 1935, not the publication date (3828) Item Price
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, Bobbs Merrill, 1908, first edition, a vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. The authors first book and a Haycroft-Queen Cornerstone. Item Price
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The Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts, Avery
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- 1997
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE: Dell Great Mystery Library No. 7
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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NY: Dell, 1957. 1st printing, June 1957; #D197. Creasing; lean; tear at heel; . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-. Item Price
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The Circular Staircase (Dover Mystery Classics)
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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- July 1997
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Dover Publications, July 1997. Trade Paperback . Used Good. Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item. Item Price
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Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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- 1945
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Stirling, Ontario, CAN
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Montreal: Pocket books of Canada, 1945. 11th printing. Pocket book good plus . Montreal: Pocket book good plus. 1945. Item Price
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The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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- 1986
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Everyman Ltd, 1986. Paperback. Fair. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Soiling on the side. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations. Item Price
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The Circular Staircase
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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- 1957
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Penguin Books, 1957. 1st Thus edition. vg. good to vg 1st Penguin 1241 1957 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse Item Price
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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- 1977
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Pomona, New York, USA
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California: University of California. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in boards. Light spotting at top edge of text block. . Item Price
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, Bobbs Merrill, 1908, first edition, a vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. The authors first book and a Haycroft-Queen Cornerstone. Item Price
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