It Walks by Night
by Carr, John Dickson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good, lacking the jacket but with a supplied facsimile. Blue cloth, rubbed and lightly frayed at the edges, bumped at the corners. Bound with a forward lean and reading wear, former owner's name and information on the front endpaper, deep creases at the rear endpaper and flyleaves. Carr's first detective novel and the first Henri Bencolin mystery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9393
- Title
- It Walks by Night
- Author
- Carr, John Dickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, 20th Century Fiction, Murder, Crime, France
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Facsimile
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