CONTRARY PLEASURE
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: Appleton, Century, Crofts , 1954. 1st ed. lightly soiled with minor wear along edges else very good in dust jacket, chipped at head and foor of spine, with a one long tape repaired tear at front, not price clipped, $3.50 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Set in upstate New York. For years the Delevan family image reflected only the best of everything - wealth, position, influence, and the kind of expensive good looks that take generations to cultivate. No one dared suspect that their glittering façade, their cherished privacy masked hidden lusts, furtive pleasures and twisted dreams that would soon erupt into a pattern of strange violence that threatened to destroy them all. Macdonald drew praise from such literary greats as Kurt Vonnegut and Stephen King, who declared him to be 'the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-Near Fine/Very Good. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006539
- Title
- CONTRARY PLEASURE
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Appleton, Century, Crofts
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- MYSTERY;New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York State;
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About the Seller
Murder By The Book
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Warwick, Rhode Island
About Murder By The Book
In business since 1978 specializing in Mystery, Detective Fiction both in hardcover and collectible paperbacks.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- New
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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....
- Price Clipped
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