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by Daly, Elizabeth
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Former owner's name and date inked to upper front paste down, light damp stain to cloth at lower left front corner, a very good
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1945]. First edition. Former owner's name and date inked to upper front paste down, light damp stain to cloth at lower left front corner, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light shelf wear and creasing with tiny closed tears to spine ends, mild rubbing to corner tips and front flap fold, damp stain to verso of lower spine with bleed through at lower left rear panel. (27267). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-186, original gray-green cloth, front and spine stamped in green. Fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. The ninth Henry Gamadge novel. "The murder is done in an enclosed rose garden, by means of a rifle shot. The reasons for this act and its locale are excellent and the tale stands rereading, even though a little wordy at the outset." - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 1028.
Hubin, p. 211. Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p. 35.
Hubin, p. 211. Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p. 35.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27267
- Title
- ANY SHAPE OR FORM
- Author
- Daly, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used - Former owner's name and date inked to upper front paste down, light damp stain to cloth at lower left front corner, a very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- [1945]
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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