THE OPEN HOUSE.
by INNES, Michael" - [STEWART, John Innes Mackintosh, 1906-1994] :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Victor Gollancz, 1972. First edition : with the ISBN correction sticker over the original number on the verso of the title-page. Appleby stumbles upon a Palladian mansion - dotty professor, saturnine butler, woman in white, art thieves, South American conspirators, corpse, murderers, gun battle, etc. "There is not a dull moment or page ... one of Michael Innes' best Appleby mysteries" (Nottingham Guardian, 8th March 1972). Post 8vo (21cm). (192)pp. Original red boards, lettered in gilt; just a hint of bruising; a sprinkling of spots to top edge, but otherwise a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket with a similar hint of bruising, but also very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46175
- Title
- THE OPEN HOUSE.
- Author
- INNES, Michael" - [STEWART, John Innes Mackintosh, 1906-1994] :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Victor Gollancz, 1972.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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