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Actor
by Parnell Hall (1944- )
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0892965207
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965205
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
273 pages with illustration. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter white cloth with red lettering to spine over read boards in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. New York private eye Stanley Hastings can't say no when he gets the chance to play the lead in a summer stock production. But when the stage manager is murdered, Stanley is the main suspect--and he must not only learn his part, but uncover the killer as well. Condition: Inscription to title else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0568
- Title
- Actor
- Author
- Parnell Hall (1944- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892965207
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965205
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Royal octavo
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