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Three Famous Murder Novels: Before the Fact, Trent's Last Case, the house on the Arrow
by Francis Iles, E.C. Bentley, & A.E.W. Mason
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library (Random House), 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition.. Modern Library Giant No. G66. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Clean red cloth boards with oval torch bearer logo on cover and spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean, with dark blue top-stained upper page edges. Three novels, complete and unabridged, in one volume. Selected, and with an Introduction by Bennett A. Cerf, Editor of the Modern Library. 660 pages. Clean bright jacket has slight wear at spine ends, tiny bit of edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32472
- Title
- Three Famous Murder Novels: Before the Fact, Trent's Last Case, the house on the Arrow
- Author
- Francis Iles, E.C. Bentley, & A.E.W. Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Stated First Modern Library Edition.
- Publisher
- Modern Library (Random House)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- MYSTERY NOVEL, ANTHOLOGY, MURDER NOVELS, CRIME FICTION, MODERN LIBRARY GIANT FIRST EDITION, FRANCIS ILES, E. C. BENTLEY, A.E.W. MASON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime; Modern Library Editions;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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