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BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR - 1954
by Cooke, David C. (Ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good / Very Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1954. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 258. Beige cloth boards with dark brown title to front and spine. Light moisture stain to top of spine and along base of rear board. Untrimmed fore-edge. Bokseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Light shelfwear to edges of dustjacket with a couple small chips to top of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. A dozen stories from the best of 1954, including tales by Erle Stanley Gardner, Ellery Queen, Oliver La Farge, and Evan Hunter.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87212
- Title
- BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR - 1954
- Author
- Cooke, David C. (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good / Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Erle Stanley Gardner, Ellery Queen, Oliver La Farge, Evan Hunter
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY;
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- E.P.
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