THE DANGEROUS EDGE ~An Inquiry Into the Lives of Nine Masters of Suspense
by LAMBERT, Gavin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1975. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1975. FIRST EDITION. Bound in black cloth with gold titles. Square and tight, original price intact. Bump to back bottom point and push to spine head of dust jacket, else FINE. The dust jacket illustration is from Fred Walker's advertisement-poster for the 1871 dramatised version of Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, the first poster drawn by an eminent artist in England. Essays on whether the secret personalities of these writers are reflected in their characters: Collins, Doyle, Chesterton, Buchan, Simenon, Ambler, Greene, Chandler, Hitchcock. Prologue. Epilogue . Bibliography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ® (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000899
- Title
- THE DANGEROUS EDGE ~An Inquiry Into the Lives of Nine Masters of Suspense
- Author
- LAMBERT, Gavin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Criticism, Hard-Boiled, Mean Streets, Scene Of The Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUTHOR J~K~L;
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