A FINE DARK LINE
by Lansdale, Joe R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0892967293
- ISBN 13
- 9780892967292
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mysterious Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edgar Award-winning Lansdale a master craftsman of horror, suspense, crime and western genres, has brought them all together in this novel set in East Texas in 1958 in a town passed over by the post war boom. 13-year-old Stanley Mitchell loses his innocence with his discovery of an old bundle of passionate and troubled love letters that lead him to a long-ago house fire and the deaths of two young women. Small remainder mark on top edge of text near the spine, spine ends and corners of back cover lightly bumped, with a few pages' upper corners slightly soiled, o/w text and boards clean, tight and square. Dustjacket shows light bumping in same areas as text, o/w no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004976
- Title
- A FINE DARK LINE
- Author
- Lansdale, Joe R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0892967293
- ISBN 13
- 9780892967292
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- CRIME, FIRST EDITION, 1950S, TEXAS, SUSPENSE, GOTHIC, HORROR,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; Historical Mystery; Horror;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- First Edition
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- Remainder Mark
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- Tight
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- Chipping
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- Soiled
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- Spine
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