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FINDER'S KEEPERS
by Homes, Geoffrey (pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Previous owners name and date in ink to front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some small pin
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. First edition. Previous owners name and date in ink to front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some small pin pricks to upper front panel, rubbing to front flap fold, light shelf wear and rubbing to spine ends and corners and a vertical crease to spine. (11608). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-279 [280-282: blank], original yellow cloth, spine stamped in brown, top edge stained red. The author's seventh mystery novel. Features Humphrey Campbell. "Between 1936 and 1946, Homes published 12 detective and suspense novels set primarily in the valleys and foothills of north-central California. Each is distinguished by clever plotting, semi-hard-boiled realism, fast-paced action, witty and remarkably good dialogue, and some of the finest and most vivid descriptive passages in mystery fiction." - Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide To Crime and Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p 533.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11608
- Title
- FINDER'S KEEPERS
- Author
- Homes, Geoffrey (pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring)
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owners name and date in ink to front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some small pin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Mystery . Film Source
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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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