Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
by Steinbrunner, Chris and Otto Penzler
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Biographies of mystery authors, info on movies, plays, radio and TV series, and biographies of the some of the fictional characters. 436 pages, numerous photos. Book has a couple of dents on the top board edges, light wear on the bottom edges, offsetting and loose hinge at the title page & last page. Price-clipped dust jacket has very light edgewear on the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17945
- Title
- Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
- Author
- Steinbrunner, Chris and Otto Penzler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- reference, mysteries, criticism, film, TV, radio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction & Literature;
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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