First Printing. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; v,[1],277pp. Jacket extremities rather rubbed, most heavily along flap folds, shallow losses to jacket spine ends, spine a bit faded, ownership inscription to front pastedown, else Near Very Good and sound. Crime novel featuring the detectives Cardby and Son. HUBIN, p. 216. Seller Inventory # 20801

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Title: The Jail Gates Are Open [alt. title: The ...

Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company [1935], New York

Publication Date: 1935

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First American Edition.

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Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
661 Millwood Ave, Ste 206, Winchester, VA, 22601, U.S.A.

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