Patrick Butler for the Defence
by John Dickson Carr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Minus/Very Good
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing, May, 1956. Slight stains to text edges and wear to bottom boards but else the spine is tight, boards rigid, interior has tiny stain at bottom of front free endpaper corner and tips are pointed. Appears unread. The jacket is NOT price clipped but has frey/loss at spine ends and edges. Looks spiffy in its shiny new plastic cover..
Synopsis
Patrick Butler for the Defense, first published in 1956, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Patrick Butler (who appeared in only two novels). This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001443
- Title
- Patrick Butler for the Defence
- Author
- John Dickson Carr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Mystery Detective
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Winding Road Books
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fine
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