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Miasma
by Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1929. Stated First Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover has gilt titles on spine and cover; 230 deckle edged pages. Author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889–1955) began her career as a writer of romance novels. After almost a decade of romance, Holding switched to the genre of the detective thriller. Miasma was the first detective novel Holding wrote. Holding's work was well received by critics and peers. Author Raymond Chandler, who epitomizes "noir detective" We can't resist quoting blogger Eddie Fitzgerald, commenting on reading first editions of Holding's novels: "The type from the 30s and 40s was elegant, easy to read, and beautifully spaced on the page. The paper was thick and pulpy, and had a nice smell...something like old construction paper. The books felt like the products of craftsmen. They felt good in my hands." http://uncleeddiestheorycorner.blogspot.com/2010/10/elisabeth-sanxay-holding-mystery-writer.html Another of Holding's detective novels, The Blank Wall, was made into the movie, The Reckless Moment in 1949 and remade as The Deep End in 2001. Spine sunned. Small stain and ink marks on front cover. Penciled price inside front cover. Bumped corners and wear to top and bottom of spine; previously folded corner on page 21; fingermark in the margin of page 61; there are two quarter inch tears in the bottom margin of page 115/116; production wrinkle on page 136. Brentano's Booksellers sticker to inside back cover; small area of shelf soil on bottom fore-edge. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000025
- Title
- Miasma
- Author
- Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition; Novel Fiction; Antiquarian;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Novels; Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
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About Charity Bookstall
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- E.P.
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