THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE [A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone Title]
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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- Condition
- Very Good-Near Fine/Very Good
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: Triangle Books, 1943. Sixth printing, reprinted February 1943, so stated. Triangle Books #174. A HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE title. Turquoise cloth, very light wear, pages age toned (as is usual with Triangle books), gift inscription at inside front cover else about fine in dust jacket, shallow loss at spine ends, creased at front fold, light chipping at rear, and soiled at rear . Rachel Innes decides to spend the summer in the country with her nephew and niece. Little does she know that renting Sunnyside for the summer will mean murder, mystery, and intrigue. For mysterious happenings are going on at Sunnyside and Rachel instantly finds herself a part of them.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good-Near Fine/Very Good. Book.
Synopsis
This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous. For twenty years I had been perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window-boxes filled in the spring, the carpets lifted, the awnings put up and the furniture covered with brown linen; for as many summers I had said good-by to my friends, and, after watching their perspiring hegira, had settled down to a delicious quiet in town, where the mail comes three times a day, and the water supply does not depend on a tank on the roof.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020928
- Title
- THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE [A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone Title]
- Author
- Rinehart, Mary Roberts
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1943
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime,
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