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Dell 472. Wear to the sides of the spine. Light creases to the front cover.

Dell #1625. Cover by Robert McGinnis. Bertha Lam and Donald Cool mystery. Solid reading copy with moderate creasing, edge-wear.

The first printing of this new Dell paperback edition. Light wear

Spine and edges are scuffed, chipping to head and tail of spine, corners bumped, creasing to wrap. Gloss on wrap is fading, binding solid.

472 , good, many creases, Cover by Robert Stanley. , paperback,

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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D-373 , very good , creases, Cover by Maguire. , paperback,

778 , very good , creases, Cover by Arthur Sussman. , paperback,

Soft cover. Pocket/mass market paper back. Sightly corner bumped. Edge/shelf wear scuffed/rubbed. Binding tight. Pages toned with age. Page edges sprayed aquamarine- lightly faded. D373 previously #778.

D-373 , very good - fine, reading crease, Cover by Maguire. , paperback,

778 , very good -fine, reading crease, Cover by Arthur Sussman. , paperback,

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26

1st pbk printing, December 1950. Dell Mapback #472, Vintage Paperback. Robert Stanley cover [.25 price]. Spine edge rubbed else, reading crease, couple of cover creases, and a scrape else a very good, tight copy. Rear cover map of North America, Central America and most of South America. With 3 inserts: --"Wilshire Boulevard/Los Angeles", Calif. --"Hydraulic Mining/Columbia;" The double Clover Mine outside of Medellin, Columbia, and -- "Street Scene in Medillin". Murder comes in many sizes. If you are a detective your job is to wrap it up, in a neat bundle. Sometimes you do. But, sometimes, you run out of string. This was one of those times. Donald Lam knew there was one person with the key to a murder, a man named Murindo. Then Lam heard this: "Murindo is dead. In little pieces, he is dead." In other words-- murder by dynamite! This was a new bundle -- but, after the explosion, there was nothing left to wrap up. .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

190pp. Minor external wear. Internally clean. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Typical browning apparent to edges & cracked spine. Sold as functional reading copy only.

D-373 , almost near fine, , Cover by Maguire. , paperback,

Dell Mapback edition of Morrow hardcover. A Bertha Cool/Donald Lam mystery first published in hardcover by Morrow & Company, 1946. Back cover reads: "Donald Lam gets involved with birds and babes, emeralds and murder" whlle showing map of the action moving from Los Angeles to Medellin, Colombia. This series was written by written by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason) using his pen name of A. A. Fair. Spine and cover creased, interior text tight and clean.

Size: 7x5x1;

Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

RO60007256: 1960. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur bon état. 255 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Three books in one volume. Book Club edition. (Detectives, Crime, Mystery) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Three books in one volume. Book Club edition. (Detectives, Crime, Mystery) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Uniformly bound edition. Two complete novels (in one-volume) featuring Bertha Cool and Donald Lam originally published in separate editions by Morrow in 1946 and in 1962. Handsomely produced with an attractive spine presentation. Tiny speckled spotting to the spine, else a very good copy in sturdy grey linen with gilt embossed titles, decorative rules, and judge's balance scale image to black and red panels to the spine, author initial/magnifying glass patterned end-papers, red-and-yellow headband and tail-band.

Dell 1946

Three great mysteries in one volume, including appearances by Dr. Gideon Fell, and Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. The Unsuspected is the basis for the 1947 movie starring Claude Rains, Audrey Totter and Joan Caulfield. Bumped with light wear at the corners, fraying to the ends and rear fold of the darkened spine. Jacket crimped with just a touch of wear at the edges, spine faintly tanned, in Brodart.

Complete and unabridged. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, corners creased, edges rubbed, very good. A Donald Lam and Bertha Cool Mystery. Dell Book 472.

Near Fine in pictorial wraps with black & orange lettering & cover art by Robert McGinnis picturing a brunette babe kneeling in front of a small table with jewelry on it. Mystery, Vintage Paperback

Dell book number 472, with 25¢ cover price. The usual waviness to the unlaminated front cover. A hint of spine lean. A very good copy.

12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, paperstock slightly tanned, spotting to outer leaves); pp. 256. A very good copy.

Detective Book Club. Brown cloth binding. No markings in the text with a very few small scattered soil spots. There is a name label on the front end paper. The spine has a minor lean. The dust jacket has a few small soil spots on the back as is darkened on the spine area. Included in this book: He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr; The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong; and Crows Can't Count by A A Fair. 533 pages in total.

Three superb mysteries in one vintage volume. Very scarce.

1st pbk printing, December 1950. Dell Mapback #472, Vintage Paperback. Robert Stanley cover [.25 price]. Spine edge rubbed else, reading crease, couple of cover creases, and a scrape else a very good, tight copy. Rear cover map of North America, Central America and most of South America. With 3 inserts: --"Wilshire Boulevard/Los Angeles", Calif. --"Hydraulic Mining/Columbia; " The double Clover Mine outside of Medellin, Columbia, and--"Street Scene in Medillin". Murder comes in many sizes. If you are a detective your job is to wrap it up, in a neat bundle. Sometimes you do. But, sometimes, you run out of string. This was one of those times. Donald Lam knew there was one person with the key to a murder, a man named Murindo. Then Lam heard this: "Murindo is dead. In little pieces, he is dead." In other words--murder by dynamite! This was a new bundle--but, after the explosion, there was nothing left to wrap up. 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.

Detective Book Club. Brown cloth binding. No markings in the text with a very few small scattered soil spots. There is a name label on the front end paper. The spine has a minor lean. The dust jacket has a few small soil spots on the back as is darkened on the spine area. Included in this book: He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr; The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong; and Crows Can't Count by A A Fair. 533 pages in total.

The jacket, now protected, is chipped at the head of the spine, and its back as a split at the head's outer edge and foxed. The body of the book is clean, unmarked and solid. First British edition. A.A. Fair was the pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner.

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 241p. ; 19cm. Subjects; English literature; 20th century. English fiction; 20th century. English literature. Mystery novels. 1 Kg.

Dell Mapback edition of Morrow hardcover. A Bertha Cool/Donald Lam mystery first published in hardcover by Morrow & Company, 1946. Back cover reads: "Donald Lam gets involved with birds and babes, emeralds and murder" whlle showing map of the action moving from Los Angeles to Medellin, Colombia. This series was written by written by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason) using his pen name of A. A. Fair. Spine and cover creased, interior text tight and clean.

Size: 7x5x1;

255pp; pages tanned, black covers, white title to spine, creasing to front top corner, light edgewear. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 241p. ; 19cm. Subjects; English literature; 20th century. English fiction; 20th century. English literature. Mystery novels. 1 Kg.

12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, paperstock slightly tanned, spotting to outer leaves); pp. 256. A very good copy.

Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Three books in one volume. Book Club edition. (Detectives, Crime, Mystery) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Three great mysteries in one volume, including appearances by Dr. Gideon Fell, and Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. The Unsuspected is the basis for the 1947 movie starring Claude Rains, Audrey Totter and Joan Caulfield. Bumped with light wear at the corners, fraying to the ends and rear fold of the darkened spine. Jacket crimped with just a touch of wear at the edges, spine faintly tanned, in Brodart.

255pp; pages tanned, black covers, white title to spine, creasing to front top corner, light edgewear.

255pp; pages tanned, black covers, white title to spine, creasing to front top corner, light edgewear.

pp. 281. 8vo. Bound in a tan cloth. Considerable scuffing to edges, faint library stamps to top and bottom edges, slant to spine, endpapers excessively stamped. Dustjacket adhered to pastedowns, priceclipped, generally shelworn, soiled, and sunned to spine; good-in good-dustjacket.

Detective Book Club. Brown cloth binding. No markings in the text with a very few small scattered soil spots. There is a name label on the front end paper. The spine has a minor lean. The dust jacket has a few small soil spots on the back as is darkened on the spine area. Included in this book: He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr; The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong; and Crows Can't Count by A A Fair. 533 pages in total.

Hardcover with dustjacket, three complete stories by three different authors in this collection, mild bumps to the top corners and some softening to the spine-ends, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has moderate tanning on the spine and moderate edge-wear at the corners, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included.

pp. 281. 8vo. Bound in a tan cloth. Considerable scuffing to edges, faint library stamps to top and bottom edges, slant to spine, endpapers excessively stamped. Dustjacket adhered to pastedowns, priceclipped, generally shelworn, soiled, and sunned to spine; good-in good-dustjacket.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover with dustjacket, three complete stories by three different authors in this collection, mild bumps to the top corners and some softening to the spine-ends, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has moderate tanning on the spine and moderate edge-wear at the corners, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Staining to the rear endpaper, and a small stain to the fore-edge pages. "First Edition" is written on the front pastedown endpaper, covered by the front flap. Light chipping to the head of the spine. A small amount of paper loss to the top of the rear panel. Publisher's price of $2.00 on the front flap. A Bertha Cool/Donald Lam mystery.; 281 pages.

Donald Lam & Bertha Cool. A rather uncommon title in dust jacket.

Staining to the rear endpaper, and a small stain to the fore-edge pages. "First Edition" is written on the front pastedown endpaper, covered by the front flap. Light chipping to the head of the spine. A small amount of paper loss to the top of the rear panel. Publisher's price of $2.00 on the front flap. A Bertha Cool/Donald Lam mystery.; 281 pages.

Donald Lam & Bertha Cool. A rather uncommon title in dust jacket.

1946 William Morrow True First/First of this early Gardner mystery written as A A Fair. In VG/Good condition. Not ex-library. With the HB having a bit of a lean and a previous owner name on the ffep. The unclipped DJ shows $ 2.00 and has wear and just a bit of paper loss at the edges, spine ends. and corners. Now repaired and placed in mylar.

1946 William Morrow True First/First of this early Gardner mystery written as A A Fair. In VG/Good condition. Not ex-library. With the HB having a bit of a lean and a previous owner name on the ffep. The unclipped DJ shows $ 2.00 and has wear and just a bit of paper loss at the edges, spine ends. and corners. Now repaired and placed in mylar.