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[Crime Club] The Needle's Kiss
by Small, Austin J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Artwork - credited to "HD. Stated first edition w. "1929" printed on title page. Black cloth over boards, title and Crime Club logo stamped in red onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-7/16 inches tall), pp. [6], 312, [1 - ads, 1 - blank]. Volume with wear and fading to boards, a bump to upper corner of spine (w. matching small chip from DJ), ffep neatly excised, toning and a few minor stains to text block. Price-intact DJ with light soil and creasing along top edge, fading to spine panel w. red text barely visible, shallow chips at head of spine w. an 1-1/2 inch closed tear at top inner corner of back panel near spine. A tough Crime Club jacket to find in decent condition. Danger from the "Yellow Peril" and the "Diabolically cruel and diabolically clever" head of a dope-smuggling ring keeps Scotland Yard busy in this early Crime Club mystery.
Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3305
- Title
- [Crime Club] The Needle's Kiss
- Author
- Small, Austin J
- Illustrator
- Artwork - credited to "HD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Harropian Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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