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NY, Doubleday/Crime Club (1965) First Edition in the United States of America, so stated. 1st printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Light transfer stain from red cover boards at top of front and rear pastedowns (under dustjacket flaps), slight rubbing to free endpapers, slight foxing to top page edge, else very good hardcover. Tight and straight. Dustjacket has intact price of $3.50 on front flap. Dustjacket has slight edgewear at head of spine and at tip of bottom back foreedge, pin dot stain at bottom front, else very good in archival mylar cover. Smoke and pet free premises. Additional photos available. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. No previous owner marks. B251
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When Margaret Parsons disappears, Inspector Burden tries to reassure her frantic husband that she will be back by morning. Privately, though, he is certain Margaret has run off with another man. But then the missing woman's body is found, strangled and abandoned in a nearby wood. And when Mr. Parsons lets the police into his home, a startling discovery leads everyone to question just who Margaret Parsons really was . . .
About the Author
Ruth Rendell is the author of Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Bloodlines, Simisola, and The Crocodile Bird. She is the winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. She is also the recipient of three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and four Gold Daggers from Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association. In 1997, she was named a life peer in the House of Lords. Rendell also writes mysteries under the name of Barbara Vine, of which A Dark-Adapted Eye is the most famous. She lives in England.
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From Doon With Death
Published by
Doubleday, 1965
ISBN 10: 9997529634
ISBN 13: 9789997529633
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Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Hardcover with dust jacket, stated 1965 First US Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Exlibrary copy with stamps and marks to endpapers, title page and top/bottom page edges. Moderate lean to binding, minor split to pages forming at pg.27 yet block remains solid, mild toning to some interior pages yet text legible. Dust jacket mildly worn with creasing to edges, chipping to jacket spine ends, not price-clipped. Poor copy in Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 652590
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From Doon With Death
Published by
Doubleday, 1965
ISBN 10: 9997529634
ISBN 13: 9789997529633
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Hardcover with dust jacket, stated 1965 First US Edition. Signed by author on the title page. Exlibrary copy with stamps and markings to endpapers and title page, call number sticker affixed to lower dust jacket spine. Mild wear to book edges, boards clean, light split to binding forming at pg.51 yet block remains solid, interior text clean. Dust jacket mildly worn but clean, chipping to upper edge of front inner flap, not price-clipped. Poor copy in Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 652589