The Grinning Pig (Original UK title: Murder's A Swine)
by Nap Lombard" (Pseudonym of Pamela Hansford Johnson and Gordon Neil Stewart)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. 2nd US printing. Hardcover. Very Good. A quite scarce murder mystery novel written and set during the WWII London blitz. The name, Nap Lombard, was a pseudonym for the married authors, Pamela Hansford Johnson, a British novelist and Gordon Neil Stewart, and Australian journalist. Being published during the war, it is now scarce, although a paperback edition of the original British title, Murder's A Swine, was published by the British Library in 2021. This copy is from the 2nd printing of the US edition. The original UK edition is even rarer.
This copy is very good in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Minor scuffing at the corners and spine ends and the book leans a bit. An ink stamp from a Montana bookseller is at the bottom of the ffep, and a small label of another book shop is affixed to the bottom of the rear pastedown. No other marks or damage. No dust jacket.
This copy is very good in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Minor scuffing at the corners and spine ends and the book leans a bit. An ink stamp from a Montana bookseller is at the bottom of the ffep, and a small label of another book shop is affixed to the bottom of the rear pastedown. No other marks or damage. No dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B355
- Title
- The Grinning Pig (Original UK title: Murder's A Swine)
- Author
- Nap Lombard" (Pseudonym of Pamela Hansford Johnson and Gordon Neil Stewart)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd US printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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About the Seller
Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2015
Saint Charles, Illinois
About Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Seller of high quality books and ephemera, emphasizing older and unusual items, such as signed or association copies. I try to offer the kind of books, at fair prices, that appeal to me, hoping that they will appeal to others also.
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