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Figure Away: An Asey Mayo Mystery [signed, inscribed]
by Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1937. Reissued. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G-; sunned red spine with ivory and black text; reissued; clear protective wrap to jacket; an Asey Mayo mystery; dust jacket exterior shows lightly sunned front and rear; some chipping to edges; rear lightly toned; otherwise slight handling wear; clipped front flap to tail edge; red cloth exterior has light wear; minor rubbing to wear edges; cocked spine; textblock exterior edges have light toning; inscribed in red with initials to ffep by author; signed by author to title page; author's name and copyright date circled in red at copyright page, probably by author; interior pages very good; pp 286
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1359470. FP New Rockville Stock.
Synopsis
Figure Away, first published in 1937, is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor which features her series detective Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1359470
- Title
- Figure Away: An Asey Mayo Mystery [signed, inscribed]
- Author
- Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissued
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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- Sunned
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- Copyright page
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- Inscribed
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Chipping
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