Hodder and Stoughton, 1969. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1969 Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London. First Edition. First printing. "First printed 1969" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front free endpaper of the book. Hardcover has black textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top page edges are black. Binding tight. First three pages have a small nick at top edge. Fore edges of pages have a few light smudges. Book is otherwise in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Jack Higgins is a pseudonym of Harry Patterson. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

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In the world of the Mafia, sometimes death is the only way out....

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Bookseller: SmarterRat Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7020
Title: In the Hour Before Midnight
Author: Higgins, Jack
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
ISBN 10: 0340107324
ISBN 13: 9780340107324
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1969
Keywords: Fiction,Thrillers and Suspense
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Thrillers and Suspense;

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