The Screaming Mimi

Brown, Frederic

Published by Dutton / Guilt Edged Mysteries, New York, NY, 1949

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This is a book club edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is one spot of foxing to the front foredge of the text block. The dust jacket has several tiny edge nicks a, d some light, but noticeable rippling to the front and rear panels of the dust jacket. There is a one inch tear to the bottom front flap joint. The rear dust jacket panel has noticeable toning. "Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" formstories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", was adapted to a 1967 episode of the American television series Star Trek. " (from Wikipedia).…

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Title
The Screaming Mimi
Author
Brown, Frederic
Publisher
Dutton / Guilt Edged Mysteries, New York, NY
Publication year
1949
Condition
Very Good+
Dust jacket
Very Good-
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Book Club Edition.

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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