Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story
by Haycraft, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0819602167
- ISBN 13
- 9780819602169
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Biblo & Tannen, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. Enlarged edition. Maroon cloth boards with silver print and panel on spine. Couple of small scrapes on front board. Crease on bottom corner of latter half of pages, Red and black dust jacket without price but not clipped. Photos, index. 409 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16991
- Title
- Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story
- Author
- Haycraft, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0819602167
- ISBN 13
- 9780819602169
- Publisher
- Biblo & Tannen
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Mystery Authors; Crime fiction; writers
; reference - Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;
Terms of Sale
Old Algonquin Books
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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