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THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY

THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY

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THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY

by Highsmith, Patricia

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Very good plus in like jacket.
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About This Item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company [The Crime Club], 1964. Very good plus in like jacket.. Highsmith's acute psychological study of the "ecstasy of danger" and the aftermath of violent crime. Rare first edition of this thriller, exploring the timeless problems of a young American too gauche to know where to hide a body abroad and too clumsy not to accidentally murder someone else's wife. Published as a Crime Club selection, and coded by the management as "Something Special". (Other Crime Club subcategories for more conventional books included Classic Puzzler, Favorite Sleuth, and Damsel in Distress.). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original yellow cloth with red spine lettering. In original unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket designed by Polly Cameron. [10], 203 pages. Minor soil and wear to spine ends. Jacket lightly scuffed along edges, with very minor chipping to spine ends.

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Bookseller
Type Punch Matrix US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
39755
Title
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
Author
Highsmith, Patricia
Book Condition
Used - Very good plus in like jacket.
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Doubleday & Company [The Crime Club]
Place of Publication
Garden City, New York
Date Published
1964
Keywords
20th century,Post-WWII,Woman Author,Mystery,1960s

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First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...

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