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A Coffin for Dimitrios
by Ambler, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Green cloth, lacking the dust jacket. A touch of rubbing to the spine and corners. Offsetting to the endpapers, else unmarked. While vacationing in Istanbul, an English novelist decides to investigate the past of one of Europe's more sinister criminals. The basis for the movie The Mask of Dimitrios with Peter Lorre. ; 281 pages .
Synopsis
Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1937, he wrote a series of novels that were touted for their realism, in which he introduced ordinary protagonists who are thrust into political intrigue they are ill prepared to deal with. In the process he paved the way for such writers as John Le Carr?, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum. He was awarded four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger from The Crime Writers Association, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including Rebecca , which he collaborated on with his wife, Joan Harrison. Eric Ambler died in 1998.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26908
- Title
- A Coffin for Dimitrios
- Author
- Ambler, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Novelists; Fiction.; British; Balkan Peninsula; Fiction.; Balkan , Peninsula; Fiction.; Suspense fiction., Eric Ambler, FIRST Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spy And Espionage;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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