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THEY TELL NO TALES
by Coles, Manning (pseudonym of Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and folds, mild shelf wear to spine ends. (17371)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. First U.S. edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and folds, mild shelf wear to spine ends. (17371). Octavo, pp. [1-4][i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-296 [297-298], cloth. The third Tommy Hambledon spy novel, set during the period leading to WW II. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 214-216. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 3707.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17371
- Title
- THEY TELL NO TALES
- Author
- Coles, Manning (pseudonym of Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles)
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and folds, mild shelf wear to spine ends. (17371)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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