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UNFINISHED CRIME
by McCloy, Helen
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Hasbrouck Heights: NJ, USA: Graphic Publishing Company, 1955. First paperback printing. Vintage Paperback, A Graphic Mystery #113. [.25 cover price]. Reading crease, very light wear, edges of text block have retained its bright red dye, pages age toning as usual, else a near fine, tight copy. When Sara Dacre comes across a large red pendant at a twenty cent jewellery stall she is tempted to buy it - especially when she bumps into her friend Gerry Hone, who persuades her that it will brighten up her old grey taffeta. But soon she finds herself at the centre of some strange events. On leaving the shop she and Gerry witness the scene of an accident - but nobody can agree what happened. And when Gerry takes her to an automat for coffee he goes to the counter to order - and never comes back. [British title: He Never Came Back. Gollancz, 1954. Also published in the U.S. under the British title by Detective Book Club.] All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.
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Details
- Seller
- Murder By The Book
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020849
- Title
- UNFINISHED CRIME
- Author
- McCloy, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Graphic Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hasbrouck Heights: NJ, USA
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime, New York City, Vintage Paperback,
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
Terms of Sale
Murder By The Book
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About the Seller
Murder By The Book
Biblio member since 2004
Warwick, Rhode Island
About Murder By The Book
In business since 1978 specializing in Mystery, Detective Fiction both in hardcover and collectible paperbacks.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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