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BEAST IN VIEW
by Millar, Margaret
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Tanning to board edges, upper corners slightly bumped, a very good copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with slight f
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, [1955]. First edition. Tanning to board edges, upper corners slightly bumped, a very good copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with slight fade to orange ink of spine panel (25255). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1956. Psychological suspense novel. "This is an excellent novel, considered by many critics to be Millar's finest..." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 575. Hubin, p. 573.
Synopsis
Beast in View is a suspense novel and psychological thriller by Margaret Millar which won the Edgar Award in 1956, was adapted for an episode of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1964, and was included on a list of the The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time issued in 1995 by the Mystery Writers of America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25255
- Title
- BEAST IN VIEW
- Author
- Millar, Margaret
- Book Condition
- Used - Tanning to board edges, upper corners slightly bumped, a very good copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with slight f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1955]
- Keywords
- Mystery . Mystery Award
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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