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MURDER TO GO
by Laumer, Keith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671203576
- ISBN 13
- 9780671203573
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good to Good Plus/Very Good. The tenth mystery novel for the award-winning writing team of Latsis and Henissart finds bank vice president and amateur sleuth John Putnam Thatcher called in to save a restaurant chain from bankruptcy when it becomes the suspected source of a food poisoning epidemic. Then it's discovered the poisonings are deliberate and a mass poisoner is now at large. First printing, first edition (stated). About 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 256 pages in light green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket shows skull in a restaurant "take-out" bag on front panel, blurb from "Newsweek" review of previous Lathen mystery on back panel. Tape residue on both boards and end pages where former dj was taped to covers. Add the patch of glue residue on the fep and it appears to be an ex-library copy in a replacement dj. O/w only significant flaw is previous owner's signature on the title page. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked. No creasing or bumping. DJ shows some minor surface wear and single crease on front flap. No tears, chipping or other creasing. Not price-clipped. With the dj concealing most of the tape residue, and given the book's scarcity in the first edition, this copy is borderline collectable or, in any event, a perfectly fine reading copy.
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Details
- Seller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005704
- Title
- MURDER TO GO
- Author
- Laumer, Keith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0671203576
- ISBN 13
- 9780671203573
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, AMATEUR SLEUTH, NEW YORK, FINANCE, BANKS, RESTAURANTS, FOOD POISONING, JOHN PUTNAM THATCHER, INNER SANCTUM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Crime; Amateur Sleuth;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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