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THE SAVAGE
by Clad, Noel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine
- Seller
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1958. 1st edition. Light wear at edges, pages browning as usual, o/w near fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket, unclipped ($2.95 price still intact). NYC at Christmas time. It's about a professional killer named John Tree, whose full name is John Running Tree, member of the Shoshone tribe, Native American by both blood and culture. He's been summoned from his Wyoming ranch by the Chicago syndicate to go to New York City and dispose of an S. Harris. Like many fictional killers Tree has a code: he doesn't kill women. When he arrives in New York he learns that S. Harris is Susan Harris, which dismays him. Then he wonders if he can go thru with the job. Tree's ultimate decision is a turning point for S. Harris as well as himself. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Illus. by Hoffman, Lawrence H.. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000646
- Title
- THE SAVAGE
- Author
- Clad, Noel
- Illustrator
- Hoffman, Lawrence H.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MYSTERY; Christmas, New York, Native American,
- Bookseller catalogs
- NYC; NEW YORK; Christmas;
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About the Seller
Murder By The Book
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Warwick, Rhode Island
About Murder By The Book
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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