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The Detectives: Crime and Detection in Fact and Fiction
by Smyth, Frank and Myles Ludwig
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0397012535
- ISBN 13
- 9780397012534
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1978. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1978. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean black cloth boards with red and white lettering on cover and spine. Very light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 191 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has tiny closed corner tears. Enclosed in new mylar cover. The history of detectives and remarkable true cases, plus the detective in famous fiction. 8-1/2 x 11". True Crime..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008660
- Title
- The Detectives: Crime and Detection in Fact and Fiction
- Author
- Smyth, Frank and Myles Ludwig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0397012535
- ISBN 13
- 9780397012534
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia/New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME DETECTIVE MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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