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A PLACE FOR THE WICKED
by Trevor, Elleston
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Elleston Trevor on the title page. A novel of psychological intrigue involving a group of old friends whose holiday idyll is shattered by a numbing tragedy. Trevor (1920-95), a British novelist, is remembered for his adventure story The Flight of the Phoenix (1964) and his series of Cold War thrillers featuring the secret agent Quiller, written under the pseudonym Adam Hall. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with orange titles. A crisp, unread copy. Some light fading and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket, with a faint label shadow to the front panel; else very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73358
- Title
- A PLACE FOR THE WICKED
- Author
- Trevor, Elleston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Literature, Suspense, Thriller
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Crisp
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- New
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- Jacket
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