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THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY
by A.A. Milne
- Used
- near fine
- hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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About This Item
ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE [A.A. MILNE]. THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY. E.P.Dutton, New York, 1965. BCE Later printing (22nd). Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Book Condition: Fine. In brick red color cloth boards with titles in black type on cover and spine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. No foxing, no tears or stains to pages. Not a ex-library, not remainder marked and not a facsimile copy. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine / Very Good. With micro-chips to edge extremities, mild shelf wear and minor rubbing to covers and spine typical of vintage dust jackets of this age. Overall a excellent plus dust jacket, unclipped, sharp, very scarce in this superb condition. In red and black illustrated front cover art, publisher's history of the book on first inner flap, author's biblio on second inner flap, and reviews on the book on back cover dating to 1922. A.A. Milne's only mystery novel and creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, this early novel from the author was first published by Methuen & E.P. Dutton in 1922. Classic mystery from the author of Winnie-the-Pooh, with scarce dust jacket, collectible. 211pgs. 8vo.
Synopsis
The first and only detective novel written by the beloved author of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Red House Mystery was a 'locked room' whodunnit that was immensely popular. Published during the Golden Age of the detective novel, it featured an amateur sleuth setting about to solve a mysterious murder during a party at an English country house.
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Details
- Seller
- Astro Trader Books
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- Seller Inventory #
- 1000-473
- Title
- THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY
- Author
- A.A. Milne
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1965
- Keywords
- A.A. Milne, Winnie-The-Pooh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and YA (Young Adult);
- Size
- 8vo
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Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- shelf wear
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- rubbing
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- New
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- spine
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