The D.A. Breaks An Egg
by GARDNER, Erle Stanley
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octvao (19.5cm); robin's egg blue paper-cover boards, titled in black on the spine; publisher's material laid-in; dustjacket by Charles Lofgren; 245pp.; spine ends gently nudged, Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) with light edgewear, Near Fine.
The ninth and final Doug Selby novel- "Take two luscious redheads...add green-eyed blonde, mysterious burglary, and a bewildered fiancee...stir in a good measure of that unscrupulous attorney Alphonse Baker Carr...season with murder, and no wonder... The D.A. Breaks a Few Eggs...'You've got to break an egg to make an omelet,' said Doug Selby, D.A. of Madison County, and he only hoped it would be one that old A.B.C. couldn't digest." (from the dustjacket); BARZUN & TAYLOR, 942. HUBIN, p.163.
The ninth and final Doug Selby novel- "Take two luscious redheads...add green-eyed blonde, mysterious burglary, and a bewildered fiancee...stir in a good measure of that unscrupulous attorney Alphonse Baker Carr...season with murder, and no wonder... The D.A. Breaks a Few Eggs...'You've got to break an egg to make an omelet,' said Doug Selby, D.A. of Madison County, and he only hoped it would be one that old A.B.C. couldn't digest." (from the dustjacket); BARZUN & TAYLOR, 942. HUBIN, p.163.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54851
- Title
- The D.A. Breaks An Egg
- Author
- GARDNER, Erle Stanley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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