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Detective Story; A play in three acts
by Kingsley, Sidney
- Used
- Near Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley.. Octavo, 147pp, [2]. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, faint foxing to rear panel, light sunning to spine, a near fine example. Signed by author on front free endpaper; "For Reverend M. J. Forewood / on his hundredth birthday. With admiration and gratitude for all those who build sets and lives. Congratulations on this day - (see page 146) / Sidney Kingsley." On page 146, Kingsley underlined some lines spoken by Detective Brody: "You're all right, baby. They can't hurt you. You're one of the indestructibles, you're immortal, baby.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12304
- Title
- Detective Story; A play in three acts
- Author
- Kingsley, Sidney
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Sidney Kingsley, Sidney Kingsley signed, Sidney Kingsley first edition, Detective Story, Detective Story signed, Detective Story first edition, Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rogers, dead end, men in white
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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