The Puzzle in Purple (A Connie Blair Mystery)
by Allen, Betsy [Cavanaugh, Betty]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/VG
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG. Book #3 in this short-lived (12-volumes, 1948-1958) girls' series written by Betty Cavanaugh under the pseudonym Betsy Allen, each featuring a "color" in the title connected to a new mystery confronting heroine Connie Blair, a career girl working at an advertising agency in Philadelphia, PA. Orig. published in n1948, this is a later printing, listing to book #12 in & to VB#12 on back DJ flap. Hardcover 12mo has tan cloth-covered boards with darker brown decoration & lettering to front & spine, in 213 pages + plain frontispiece. Condition is VG+: completely clean & unmarked, binding strong with slight rightward lean, both hinges secure. Mild corner bumping. The unclipped DJ is VG, with mild rubbing to extremities & very small chips & creases to both ends of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023406
- Title
- The Puzzle in Purple (A Connie Blair Mystery)
- Author
- Allen, Betsy [Cavanaugh, Betty]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- YOUNG ADULT SERIES CHILDREN KIDS MYSTERY SUSPENSE SLEUTH PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA CAREER GIRLS ADVERTISING BETTY CAVANAUGH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
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- First Edition
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