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UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD: (Dell Mapback)
by Henry Kane
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[HENRY KANE]. UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD. Dell Publishing, New York, (1951)1952. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Dell Mapback #580 with the original 25 cent price on the cover. Condition: Very Good-. Appears unread, classic iconic "Dell Keyhole" logo endpapers, bookstore stamp on title page, hairline scratch to front cover, rubbing to spine edges, creases to covers mostly near spine, microchips to extremities else pages are clean, bright, and binding tight. Overall a very good to good plus copy. Features protagonist Peter Chambers later broadcasted as a regular hard-boiled detective series on radio in 1954 as Crime and Peter Chambers. Cover art by Victor Kalin and map back by Ruth Belew. Uncommon vintage paperback original Dell Mapback, collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-716
- Title
- UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD
- Author
- Henry Kane
- Illustrator
- Henry Kane, Victor Kalin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victor Kalin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Mystery / Crime Detective;
- Size
- 16mo
Terms of Sale
Astro Trader Books
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About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
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Los Angeles , California
About Astro Trader Books
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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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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