SANDBAR SINISTER: AN ASEY MAYO MYSTERY
by Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1934. First Edition. An attractive copy of the fifth Asey Mayo novel, in which the Yankee detective undertakes a case centered around two hundred cases of bootlegged liquor, and two murders at a Cape Cod estate. Hubin, p.389. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); chickpea yellow cloth, blocked and titled in dark brown and silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-294,[2]pp. Hint of sunning to spine, with a small, faint rubbed spot to rear cover, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), showing light wear to extremities, a hint of sunning to spine, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and a faint surface scuff to front panel; Near Fine.
Synopsis
Sandbar Sinister, first published in 1934, is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor which features her series detective Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7055
- Title
- SANDBAR SINISTER: AN ASEY MAYO MYSTERY
- Author
- Taylor, Phoebe Atwood
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Spine
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