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What About Murder?: A Guide to Books About Mystery and Detective Fiction
by Breen, Jon L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0810814137
- ISBN 13
- 9780810814134
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thoroughly annotated guide to all sorts of books about these genres, including large reference works, attractive coffee-table books, technical manuals on the art of writing the mystery, general histories, special topics (thrillers, pulps, noir), & works on individual authors. In 157 pages with Index. From a mystery lover's personal collection, this FIRST EDITION, First Printing hardcover with black matte boards, NO DJ, is in VG condition: completely clean inside binding tight & square, ages unmarked. Slight rubbing to front cover &) heavy foxing along top outside page edges. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010034
- Title
- What About Murder?: A Guide to Books About Mystery and Detective Fiction
- Author
- Breen, Jon L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0810814137
- ISBN 13
- 9780810814134
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Metuchen, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- MYSTERIES FICTION SUSPENSE CRIME NOIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Reference/Bibliography/Dictionaries;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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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
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- VG
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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