A Puzzle For Fools

NY: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1957. 1st Dell printing, March 1957, so stated. Dell #D-192, [.35 cover price]. Vintage Paperback. Spine edges lightly rubbed, reading crease, covers lightly creased, edges lightly sunned. Number 4 of the Dell Great Mystery Library. The panel choosing the books for Dell consisted of Anthony Boucher, Humphrey… Read more about this item

A Puzzle for Fools (American Mystery Classics) by Patrick Quentin Broadway producer Peter Duluth sought solace in a bottle after his wife's death; now, two years later, he enters a sanitarium in an effort to dry out -- but the institution doesn't quite offer the rest and relaxation he expected. Strange, malevolent occurrences plague the hospital, and among other inexplicable events,… Read more about this item

American Mystery Classics, 2019. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

American Mystery Classics, 2019. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Pocket / Cardinal, 1940. 1st printing, Nov. 1940; #83. Cover art is uncredited. Short tear at spine head; laminate beginning to pee at edges.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

U.S.: Ballantine F741, 1963. Solid with light wear on the covers.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

New York City, Ny: Simon And Schuster, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 304 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing. Fine, Clean, No Marks.

Simon And Schuster, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing.

Dell, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable. 1957. First Printing. 223 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book is slightly… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Good. Hardcover, lightly rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners, cover and foredges lightly soiled, spine and pages lightly browned, minor stamping, writing inside front cover, slightly loose hinges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to… Read more about this item

American Mystery Classics, 2019. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

American Mystery Classics, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Gollancz, 1973. VERY good first Gollancz issue hardcover in pristine, unfaded, unclipped dustjacket from a remarkable collection of Gollancz fiction.Originally published in 1936. Only flaw is a penned dealer's price on FEP. Apparently unread and unopened for several decades. CE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. The first Peter Duluth mystery. Ex-rental library with internal stamps and remnants of a stamp pad on the rear end paper. Lightly bumped and rubbed, print on the spine slightly faded. Looks pretty good on the shelf but the boards and text block are creased from a pressure indent. Front hinge cracked, a bit… Read more about this item

Four Square Books. London. 1960. Four Square Books. 1960. First edition, thus. Paperback. Spine slightly worn and creased, page browned otherwise a lovely fresh copy.

Avon, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Ed Thus. First paperback ed. thus. Good condition, moderate over all wear, spine crease, two bookstore stamps on inside front cover..

Penguin Publishing -, 1986. PB/pub.1986/Gd.condition/184 pages - It was the position of the body which was so shocking, like some mad modern sculpture Duluth was drying out. [KA111487]. Soft Cover. Good.

Cleveland, OH: World (1943).. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Cloth. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Pages are yellowing, but they're not brittle. The first mystery featuring Peter Duluth.

Avon, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

American Mystery Classics, 2019-03-05. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Nice book with minor wear.