Indianapolis: The The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. 372 pp. First edtion. Tan cloth with decorative front cover in Very Good+ condition. No dust jacket. Frontispiece with tissue cover and 3 black and white plates all present. Slight tilt to the spine and shallow bubble at bottom of front cover, but no fraying or bumped corners. Light soiling to exterior page edges as to be expected. Interior very tight and clean throughout with only a faint smudge on the margin of the Table of Contents and a 1/2" very light streak in margin of p. 102. Overall a very nice copy of this Detective Caleb Sweetwater mystery by one of the pioneers of the mystery genre in America.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur I. Keller. Small Octavo.

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Bookseller: The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 025316
Title: The Woman in the Alcove
Author: Green, Anna Katharine
Illustrator: Arthur I. Keller
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Place of Publication: Indianapolis
Date Published: 1906
Keywords: Myster
Size: Small Octavo

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The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.

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