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The Eighth Circle
by Ellin, Stanley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Ellin on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.50), generally toned and with some soiling on the back, pen mark on the front. Black cloth, some mottling, with gilt and orange ink lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, Adrian Homer Goldstone bookplate inside the front board, toned pages, clean otherwise. Ellin's Edgar Award-winning novel about Murray Kirk and his involvement a police corruption case.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8399
- Title
- The Eighth Circle
- Author
- Ellin, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, Crime, Hardboiled, Noir, 20th Century Fiction, American Fiction, Racketeering, Gambling, Corruption, Police
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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