The D.A. Goes To Trial
by GARDNER, Erle Stanley
- Used
- 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, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth-covered boards titled in red on spine; red topstain; 283pp. Spine ends gently pushed; faint sunning to spine; light rubbing to the front and rear boards with a few faint white spots; Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket.
The fourth Doug Selby mystery- "Here you will find a battered body under a railroad trestle... a vanished bookeeper... a wire from a man who wasn't there... a girl who fought Doug because she couldn't have him... a political game with Doug as the goat. And a set of fingerprints that simply had to be where they weren't- and couldn't be where they were!" (from the preface) HUBIN, p.163.
The fourth Doug Selby mystery- "Here you will find a battered body under a railroad trestle... a vanished bookeeper... a wire from a man who wasn't there... a girl who fought Doug because she couldn't have him... a political game with Doug as the goat. And a set of fingerprints that simply had to be where they weren't- and couldn't be where they were!" (from the preface) HUBIN, p.163.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53626
- Title
- The D.A. Goes To Trial
- 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
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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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...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.