Swing, Brother, Swing.
by MARSH, Ngaio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Crime Club, Collins. London. 1949. Collins. First edition. Hardback in DW. 1949. Bd. extremities worn, head and tail of spine faded, top edge of upper bd. sl. faded, outer edges sl. browned and foxed. E/ps and prelims sl. foxed. Wrapper unskillfully repaired with blue tape internally, signs of tape marks showing externally, extremities worn, sl. creased and rubbed with head and tail of spine lacking sm. portions, sl. affecting text o/w. Scarce title in wrapper.
Synopsis
Swing Brother Swing is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fifteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1949. The plot concerns the murder of a big band leader in London; the novel was published as A Wreath for Rivera in the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95557
- Title
- Swing, Brother, Swing.
- Author
- MARSH, Ngaio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- The Crime Club, Collins. London.
- Keywords
- DETECTIVE FICTION murder mystery thriller
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Addyman Books
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- O/W
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- SL.
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- Tail
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- E.P.
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- Foxed
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- 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....