DEATH IS LIKE THAT
by Spain, John (pseudonym for Cleve Adams and Robert Leslie Bellem)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Damp stain to lower corners of free end papers, damp stain to lower covers and upper right front cover, a good to very good copy
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First edition. Damp stain to lower corners of free end papers, damp stain to lower covers and upper right front cover, a good to very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with mild loss to upper corner tips, chip along upper spine panel, shallow chip and rubs to base of spine panel, color fade to spine panel from orange to yellow, damp stain to verso of jacket along lower edge. (25298). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-253 [254-256: blank], original black cloth, spine stamped in gold, fore-edge uncut. The second of three mystery novels using this pseudonym. Hardboiled. Hubin, p. 759.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25298
- Title
- DEATH IS LIKE THAT
- Author
- Spain, John (pseudonym for Cleve Adams and Robert Leslie Bellem)
- Book Condition
- Used - Damp stain to lower corners of free end papers, damp stain to lower covers and upper right front cover, a good to very good copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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