Recent Arrivals from Murder By The Book
Recent Arrivals from Murder By The Book
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A LOSING GAME: Popular Library #121
by Crofts, Freeman Wills
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- First Printing
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- 1947
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$39.85
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N.Y.: Popular Library, 1947. First printing. Populart Library #121. Vintage Paperback. The lamination is starting to lift and thus is wrinkling, rear cover is lightly soiled, paper is age toned, however the book looks unread. Money lender Albert Reeve has added blackmail to his activities. When his cottage burns down and he perishes within the flames, his death comes as… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STRAND MAGAZINE: ISSUE XXIX (Oct 2009 -- Jan 2010)
by Sherlockiania) Graham Greene, Alexander McCall Smith, Agatha Christie, R.L. Stine, Lindsay Faye et al...
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- 2009
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$19.93
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Birmingham: MI: Strand Magazine, 2009. 1st ed. Fine as new copy. The Tenth Anniversary Issue. The Strand will publish an UNFINISHED EARLY WORK OF GRAHAM GREENE in five parts. This is the second installment of "The Empty Chair " . A NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED story by Agatha Christie! (the story was eventually turned into a novel… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DEATH OF LORD HAW HAW: No. 1 Personality of World War No. 2, Being an Account of the Last Days of the Foremost Nazi Spy and News Commentator, the Mysterious English Traitor.
by Paul, Elliot Writing as Brett Rutledge
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- Good-Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1940
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$33.21
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N.Y.: The Book League of America, 1940. First printing, thus. (Originally published by Random House, 1940). Red cloth with gold lettering at spine. Cloth is soiled along edges, but square and tight. Dust jacket is rubbed at front fold, shallow loss at spine ends, small piece out at spine head, rear cover soiled. 8 b/w photographs.. 306 pages. The story… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE KILL-OFF
by Thompson, Jim
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- First Printing
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780375700354
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Vintage / Black Lizard , 1999. Oversize trade paperback, Page edge has small spot else a fine, unread copy. 1st prtg. Luane Devore's days are numbered. All her neighbors in the declining seaside resort town of Manduwoc want her dead. Some, like her young husband Ralph and his girlfriend Danny, want the thousands of dollars she… Read more about this item Item Price
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DIFFICULT LIVES:THOMPSON-GOODIS-HIMES
by Sallis, James
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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- 9780936071350
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$73.06
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Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.: Gryphon Books, 1993. 1st edition.. Fine in color dust jacket, in protective mylar cover.. Trade size Paperback Original, fine. 95+pgs. 1 essay on each author and a 4th on the original paperback novel. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. Trade Paperback Original. Item Price
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THE ELK AND THE EVIDENCE: A Reverend Martin Buell Mystery
by Scherf, Margaret
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- Very Good-Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$498.17
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Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1952. First Edition, so stated. Publishers orange weave cloth with green lettering. Pages are age toned else about fine in dust jacket, $2.50 price intact, small closed tear at rear, soiled at rear panel and lightly sunned at spine. Very scarce title. Dust jacket illustration by Vera Bock. Although accustomed to many unusual… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Red Heroine : An Inspector Chen Investigation **EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**
by Xiaolong, Qiu
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- Fine
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- First Printing
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- 2001
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- 9781569471937
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$26.57
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 2001. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An EDGAR AWARD FINALIST for Best First Mystery Novel. 464 pgs. "Set a decade ago in Shanghai, this political mystery offers a peek into the… Read more about this item Item Price
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HARDBOILED #6, Fall 1986
by Dundee, Wayne D. (ed.) Wayne Dundee, Ed Gorman , C.J. Henderson et al..
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$26.57
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Belvidere, IL: USA: HB Enterprises, 1986. A fine copy, digest size, pictorial wrappers. Covers lightly soiled else about fine. Interview with Bill Pronzini. 79 pages. Stories from Ed Gorman, Wayne Dundee, C.J. Henerson, James A. Lee, James O'Keefe, Dick Stodghill, Michael C. McPherson. 7 stories. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Steffens, Russ. Magazine. Item Price
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DEATH HAUNTS THE DARK LANE: A Sheriff Jess Roden Mystery **Dell Mapback #465
by Cunningham, A.B.
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- 1950
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$15.94
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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. First paperback printing, December 1950. Vintage Paperbacvk, Dell Mapback #465. Cover by Robert Stanley. Rear cover map of an area east of Deer Lick, KY., showing the York farms. Spine edge rubbed, reading crease, with a cover crease at lower corner. Bottom page color block shows some signs of damp stain. Some rippling along… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DOORS OPEN
by Gilbert, Michael
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- Very Good-Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$597.80
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London: UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. First edition, so stated, April 1949. Cover illustration by Bip Pares. Publisher's original blue cloth, with black titles to spine and front, slight spean, lean else near fine. Dust jacket shows light rubbing to folds, two small pieces out at spine foot, and one at head of spine with shallow loss at head. Rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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TRAGEDY IN THE HOLLOW: An Inspector French Mystery **Popular Library #18
by Crofts, Freeman Wills
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- 1944
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$59.78
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N.Y.: Popular Library, 1944. First Printing. (British title: "Fatal Venture" Hodder, 1939). Popular Library #18, Vintage Paperback. Front cover illustration by Lawrence H. Hoffman. Reading crease, very lightly rubbed, tiny piece out at front top corner, else near a near fine copy. Inspector French on the trail of a murderer aboard a giant gambling ship.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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FEAR ITSELF: A Fearless Jones Novel **AWARD WINNER**
by Mosley, Walter
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780316591126
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2003. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. A NERO WOLFE AWARD WINNER. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. 1950's Los Angeles. "In this eagerly anticipated follow-up to Fearless Jones (2001), Watts bookstore owner Paris Minton and the dangerous but principled Fearless Jones tread the familiar territory mapped… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LAST KASHMIRI ROSE: Murder and Mystery in the Final Days of the Raj (A Joe Sandilands Murder Mysteries) *AWARD WINNER**
by Cleverly, Barbara
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- 9780786710591
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$33.21
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N.Y.: Carrol & Graf, 2002. First U.S. Edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITER ASSOCIATION'S DEBUT DAGGER COMPETION. Conjuring up the last golden days of the Raj and the turbulent early ones of Indian rule, this suspenseful and atmospheric first noveldraws the governor of Bengal, local police authorities, and visiting Scotland Yard detective… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE THIRD EYE: Popular Library #15
by White, Ethel Lina
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- 1944
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$46.50
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N.Y.: Popular Library, 1944. First printing. Vintage Paperback, Popular Library #15. Cover illustration by Lawrence H. Hoffman. Spine crease, minor damp stain at lower spine , light edgewear, else a near fine tight copy of this war time printing. White's most famous book, "The Wheel Spins," was the basis for Alfred Hitchock's thriller… Read more about this item Item Price
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![DIAGNOSIS: HOMICIDE; The Casebook of Dr. Coffee **SIGNED CARD** [A QUEEN'S QUORUM TITLE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/542/446/1604446542.0.m.jpg)
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DIAGNOSIS: HOMICIDE; The Casebook of Dr. Coffee **SIGNED CARD** [A QUEEN'S QUORUM TITLE]
by Blochman, Lawrence G.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$863.49
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co, 1950. Stated first edition. Cloth is edgeworn, corners bumped, spine head beginning to fray in dust jacket, edgeworn, especially at corners and spine, not price clipped, $2.50 price intact, rear panel soiled. SIGNED LAWRENCE G. BLOCHMAN CARD LAID IN. The first collection of Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee, and his Hindu assistant, Dr. Mootilal Mookerji, stories,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE INFORMER (A Haycraft-Queen title)
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- 1945
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Harrisburg: PA., USA: Superior Reprint / Military Service Publishing,, 1945. First Superior printing, April 1945 so stated. Superioe Reprint #M650. Vintage Paperback. Reading crease, light wear and creasing, still very bright; typical wartime paper tanning. A tale of temptation, betrayal, and reprisal, this powerful novel is set in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War. It tells of Gypo Nolan,… Read more about this item Item Price
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STAIRWAY TO DEATH: Pyramid Books #29
by Fischer, Bruno
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- First Printing
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- 1951
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$19.93
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N.Y.: Pyramid Books, 1951. First printing. [Originally published as So Much Blood, Greystone, 1939, hc.) Pyramid Books #29. Vintage Paperback. Cover Illustration by Frederick W. Meyer. Spine edge lightly rubbed, a cover crease, lightly soiled & rubbed at rear, paper age toned as usual, vg+. . First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Good-Very Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEAD WRONG: A Gil Vine Murder Mystery
by Sterling, Stewart
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- First Printing
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- 1949
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1949. First pbk printing, July 1949. Dell Mapback #314. Vintage paperback. Gerald Gregg cover illustration. Back cover map of section of Manhattan with 2 insets: Park Royal Hotel (Fifth Ave. & 59th St.) and Magnolia Stud, country estateand stud farm, Warrenton, VA. Reading crease, a couple of cover creases, very lightly soiled else near fine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK
by Woolrich, Cornell
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780839825371
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$33.21
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Boston: MA: Gregg Press, 1979. Stated first printing, May 1979. (originally published by Rinehart & Company in 1948) Cloth. Introduction by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Also includes a photograph from the Playhouse 90 presentation staring Boris Karloff in 1956. 273 Pages; fine copy in ner fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Carolyn Hartman. On a… Read more about this item Item Price
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THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT: Life and Death on the Roaring Highway
by Bezzerides, A.I.
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- First Printing
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- 1950
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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CA$99.63
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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. First printing. (Original title: Long Haul). Dell Mapback #416. Vintage Paperback. Front cover illustration by Robert Stanley. Ten Interior illustrations by Edward Smalle. Illustrations were done especially for the Dell edition and were not in the original hardcover. Back cover map of California and westrn Nevada. A.I.… Read more about this item Item Price
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