There was an Old Woman
by QUEEN, Ellery (pseud. of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octvao (20cm); tan boards titled in brown on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 321pp.; spots of soil to the lower fore edge of textblock; faint foxing to upperedge; former owner's bookplate inside front cover; minor scuff to spine; tiny soil mark at rear; still Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket.
"In their third period, the cousins [QUEEN] used complex deductive puzzles with in-depth characterization, finely detailed evocation of place and mood, occasional ventures into topsy-turvy Alice in Wonderland otherworld ." PRONZINI & MULLER; p.656; HUBIN, p.335.
"In their third period, the cousins [QUEEN] used complex deductive puzzles with in-depth characterization, finely detailed evocation of place and mood, occasional ventures into topsy-turvy Alice in Wonderland otherworld ." PRONZINI & MULLER; p.656; HUBIN, p.335.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54360
- Title
- There was an Old Woman
- Author
- QUEEN, Ellery (pseud. of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Good+
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- Fore Edge
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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