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FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN
by Nebel, Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spine a little age darkened, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with rubbing, shelf wear to spine ends, upper s
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. First edition. Spine a little age darkened, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with rubbing, shelf wear to spine ends, upper spine panel split from front and rear panels, glue stain and abrasions to rear of jacket from brown paper backing removal. (7664). Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-298 [299] [300: blank] [301: publisher's statement] [302-304: blank], cloth. The author's second crime novel and third and last novel. Suspense novel set in a snowbound Maine village by one of the masters of the hard-boiled school. "This is a first rate, virile piece of story-telling. It moves dramatically but in a restrained and effective manner towards its ultimate goal. Each link is securely fastened in the chain of events and by allowing fate rather than human initiative to decide the final outcome, it retains plausibility." - NY Times review by Mabel L. Rossbach, 2 February, 1936. Hubin, p. 597.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7664
- Title
- FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN
- Author
- Nebel, Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine a little age darkened, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with rubbing, shelf wear to spine ends, upper s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1936
- 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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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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