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The World Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

The World Publishing Company, 1946. hardcover. Acceptable. 8x5x0. Stain on leading edge of the pages. Pages yellowed from age. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in black cloth over boards, with red lettering to spine. Previous owner's address labels to front and rear endpapers. Moderately but evenly toned text-block. Illustrated paper wraps present, but in tatters, and front flap is present but detached. Chipping, soiling, but not price-clipped. 221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Tower, 1946. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. First anthology of these stories. Binding is cloth.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company (Tower Books Edition), 1946. First Edition, First Printing (stated). . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/red medallion, edges stained red. Very Good/No DJ. Boards scuffed, small dent vertical edge front board, pages tanned but supple and unmarked. 221pp.

New York: World Publishing Co., 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth, red title labels and accents. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, typically tanned text block. Endpapers partially tanned, two former owner's signature stamp on upper front flyleaf. Color illus. dust jacket a bit sunned along spine panel, with 1/4" closed tear along top front edge, minor shelf wear, now in mylar. 1st thus: July 1946. 221 pp..

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1946]. First edition. Pulpy text paper tanned as usual, nick to cloth at upper rear cover, a very good copy a good dust jacket with wear along upper edge with closed tear and crease chip along lower front edge, shelf wear to spine ends. (30419). Octavo, boards. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1946. First edition. Near fine, text block browned as usual, in a very good or better dust jacket, slight chipping to lower corners, tape stain from interior re-enforcement at lower corners, light shelf wear with some minor loss to head and heel of spine panel. (6606). Octavo, boards. First hardcover appearance of these stories. First book publications were Five Murderers (Avon, 1944) and Five Sinister Characters (Avon, 1945).

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Very Good/Very Good. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Octavo. 221 pp. Restored illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in red; red topstain. Dust jacket backed with archival tissue, closing a prior small tear a couple tiny chips, with amateur black color fills; a bit of lacquer-like sheen to recto as a result of repair, with a few smudges and some toning still showing on white back panel. Boards show moderate edgewear; spine slightly cocked. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked.

Cleveland ; New York : World Publishing Co, 1946. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 221, [1] pages. Notes; ""Tower books edition. First printing July 1946."" Contents; Spanish blood. -- The king in yellow. -- Pearls are a nuisance. -- Nevada gas. -- Trouble is my business. Subjects; Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character). Detective and mystery stories. Private investigators ; Fiction. Murder ; Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Murder. Private investigators. Detective and mystery stories, American. Crime Fiction.

World Publishing Company,, 1946.. Tower Books Edition. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. Almost like new book in VG jacket. Black hardcover with red design; World Publishing, Tower Books Edition, stated First Printing July 1946. Book as new except pages somewhat tanned due to age. Jacket is price-clipped (lower edge of dollar sign is still present, so this is not a book club edition, also, no indent on back cover), a little edgworn but jacket overall is quite attractive, now in clear archival mylar sleeve. **We are a small family business selling online since 1999 with over 30 years' experience providing fine new and pre-owned books. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. **Your purchase supports our town's public library.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1946]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket. (24714). Octavo, boards. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1946). First edition. Collects five stories. Pages considerably darkened and brittle corners chipped at bottom of pp. 73/4 and 75/6 otherwise very good in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends.

221 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's black with red label decorative scroll to spine and front cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition.Adventure, Love and Terror in this Collection of five great Crime stories: Spanish Blood, The King in Yellow, Pearls are a Nuisance, Nevada Gas, and Trouble is My Business. While these stories were previously published in paperback form, this is their first publication in a hardcover format.Condition:Corners bumped, pages age toned as usual. Jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, some light edge wear else a very good copy in like jacket.

The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York., 1946. First edition. Octavo. 221 pages. Five stories that had first been published in Dime Detective and Black Mask.Cheap paper tanned as usual. Some darkening to front endpapers. Very good indeed in near-fine dustwrapper.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition. The first collection of these five stories in hardcover format. "Spanish Blood," "The King in Yellow," "Pearls Are A Nuisance," "Nevada Gas," and "Trouble Is My Business" first appeared in the pages of Black Mask and Dime Detective magazine between 1935-1939. Not a difficult book to find, but a cheaply manufactured volume which tends to show any amount of wear most unfavorably. Bruccoli AA3; Hubin, p.75. First Printing. Octavo (cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-221,[3]pp. Light wear to crown, some faint, whitish rubbing along the joints, else a fresh, Near Fine copy, with the topstain bright and even, and much less tanning to the text than usual. Dustjacket shows light rubbing to extremities, else very Near Fine.