New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Pale grey/blue cloth binding rubbed at spine ends & corners; backstrip sunned; small dealer label on back paste-down; leaf edges, paste-downs & a few leaves foxed, else a very sturdy, tight & clean signed first edition. No dj. ; Inscribed & signed by author on ffep. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 287 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 44626
Title: To a Blindfold Lady
Author: Purtell, Joseph
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Reynal & Hitchcock
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1942
Keywords: 20th Century American Fiction, American Mystery Authors, Signed by Joseph Purtell
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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