TO KEEP OR KILL
by Tucker, Wilson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Rubbing to edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket which is chipped at the spine ends with some loss and some shelf w
- Seller
-
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1947]. First edition. Rubbing to edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket which is chipped at the spine ends with some loss and some shelf wear and rubbing mostly to edges. (7691). Octavo, boards. Author's second mystery and second Charles Horne novel. Signed inscription by Tucker, a presentation copy: "For-- / -who, until he began / to read my books, / called me friend. / Wilson (Bob) Tucker / 10-18-47."
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7691
- Title
- TO KEEP OR KILL
- Author
- Tucker, Wilson
- Book Condition
- Used - Rubbing to edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket which is chipped at the spine ends with some loss and some shelf w
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1947]
- Keywords
- Mystery . Signed
Terms of Sale
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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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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.