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CATCH THE SAINT: Two Original Stories by Norman Worker, adapted by Flemming Lee.
by Charteris, Leslie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex-library with few markings (light stamps to edges of textblock, missing rear free endpaper), bookplate, but otherwise tight an/near fine unmarked
- ISBN 10
- 0385099363
- ISBN 13
- 9780385099363
- Seller
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About This Item
Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1975.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with few markings (light stamps to edges of textblock, missing rear free endpaper), bookplate, but otherwise tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dust jacket. . First printing. Contains two new Simon Templar stories set in the late 1930s - The Masterpiece Merchant and The Adoring Socialite.
Synopsis
Catch the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, based upon stories by Norman Worker continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka "The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris. As per usual practice at this point in the series, the front cover credits Charteris, although Lee and Worker receive interior title page credit; Charteris served in an editorial capacity. Some editions misspell the author's name "Flemming Lee.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 61466
- Title
- CATCH THE SAINT: Two Original Stories by Norman Worker, adapted by Flemming Lee.
- Author
- Charteris, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library with few markings (light stamps to edges of textblock, missing rear free endpaper), bookplate, but otherwise tight an
- Jacket Condition
- near fine unmarked
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385099363
- ISBN 13
- 9780385099363
- Publisher
- Doubleday,
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY:
- Date Published
- 1975.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;
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