Great Stories of Crime and Detection
by HEALD, Tim and Priscilla RIDGWAY (editors)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Folio Society, 2002 (first edition). Small quarto, four volumes, plus a total of 48 full-page illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. Quarter cloth and pictorial papered boards; spines lightly sunned; edges lightly foxed; an excellent set in the fine slipcase. The titles of the volumes are, respectively: 'Beginnings to 1920', 'The Twenties and Thirties', 'The Forties and Fifties' and 'From the Sixties to the Present'. Introductions by H.R.F. Keating, Robert Barnard, Priscilla Ridgway and Tim Heald. [4 items].
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139423
- Title
- Great Stories of Crime and Detection
- Author
- HEALD, Tim and Priscilla RIDGWAY (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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