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THE BLACK IRIS (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Little, Constance & Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2007
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- Paperback
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- 9781601870032
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.72
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2007. 1st prtg. Oversize trade paperback, fine in decorated wraps. First published in 1953, The Black Iris was the twentieth of twenty-one screwball mysteries by the incomparable Little sisters. The Little sisters were the reigning queens of the cozy screwball mystery from the 1930's to the 1950's. Combining the the charm and laughs… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GLADSTONE BAG : A Sarah Kelling Mystery **AWARD WINNER** SIGNED**
by MacLeod, Charlotte
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892963706
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 32.86
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1990. 1st edition, February 1990, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An AMERICAN MYSTERY AWARD WINNER for Best Traditional Mystery . A SIGNED business card of MacLeod's laid in. When detective… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOME SWEET HOMICIDE
by Rice, Craig
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- Used - Fine
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- First Printing
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230532
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 20.37
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2002. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy. Introduction by Tom & Enid Schantz. This marvelously funny and utterly charming tale of three children who "help" their widowed mystery writer mother solve a real-life murder and nab a handsome cop husband along the way made just about every list of the best mysteries for… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BENEVENT TREASURE: A Miss Silver Novel
by Wentworth, Patricia
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1956
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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London: UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. 1st Edition, so stated. Covers show some wear at edges and spotted, pages showing some age toning but a solid copy in dust jacket, price clipped, chipped at head and foot and light wear. This is a lending library copy with plate neatly pasted at inside cover. An orphan of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CAT WHO WASN'T THERE
by Braun, Lilian Jackson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780399137808
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 16.43
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NY: Putnam, 1992. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Jim Qwilleran and his cats Koko & Yum Yum in their 14th adventure. Pickax City columnist and wealthy bachelor Jim Qwilleran travels to Scotland, leaving his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum at home, in one of the most lively recent entries in Braun's popular "The Cat Who… Read more about this item Item Price
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BLACK CORRIDORS
by Little, Constance & Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230334
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.72
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Boulder: CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2000. Fine in decorated wraps. Oversize trade paperback. (orig. 1940). 4th title in series. rich Aunt Isabelle is on one of her periodic hospital visits. Illness is her hobby, and hospital stays are her recreation of choice. Jessie Warren, the old lady's niece, has been ordered by her mother to keep her aunt company… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE RECYCLED CITIZEN
by MacLeod, Charlotte
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892961870
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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NY, NY: The Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition, so stated, January 1988 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "As funny and exciting as The Palace Guard and The Bilbao Looking Glass, MacLeod's new novel features Sarah and Max Bittersohn sleuthing again. Sarah's Brahmin but rather… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fear and Miss Betony (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Bowers, Dorothy
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- As New
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2005
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780915230860
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2005. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. The Golden Age of detective fiction was known for elaborate plots. This may well be the most ingenious one of them all. Emma Betony was content to live out her remaining years in a home for decayed gentlewomen… Read more about this item Item Price
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MALICE DOMESTIC 9: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories **AWARD WINNER**
by Hess, Joan (ed) with Robert Barnard, Jan Burke, Kate Charles, Charles Todd, Carolyn Wheat, Susan Moody, Walter Satterwait, Gwen Moffat et al...
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- New
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780380804832
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NY: Avon Twilight, 2000. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. 14 stories with one, "Nothing To Lose" by Robert Barnard being NOMINATED for an AGATHA AWARD for Best Short Story of the Year and two winning awards--"The Man in The Civil Suit" by Jan Burke WON the AGATHA AWARD for Best short… Read more about this item Item Price
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MALICE DOMESTIC 9: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories **AWARD WINNER**
by Anthology) Hess, Joan (ed) with Robert Barnard, Jan Burke, Kate Charles, Charles Todd, Carolyn Wheat, Susan Moody, Walter Satterwait, Gwen Moffat et al...
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780380804832
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NY: Avon Twilight, 2000. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. 14 stories with one, "Nothing To Lose" by Robert Barnard being Nominated for an AGATHA AWARD for Best Short Story of the Year and two winning awards--"The Man in The Civil Suit" by Jan Burke Won the AGATHA AWARD for Best short… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK HOUSE
by Little, Constance; Little, Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230686
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 21.03
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2004. 1st prtg. Fine, unread copy of the trade paperback. When Henry Debbon accepted (most reluctantly) the job of being bodyguard to his boss’s beautiful red-headed daughter, he never expected he’d end up being shot at (twice), or have his clothes confiscated at a hospital. He also wasn’t prepared for hosting most… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bonjour, Miss Seeton
by Crane, Hamilton
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780425159682
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 16.43
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New York: Berkley Pub Group, 1997. 1st. Edition. Fine in dust jacket. "If you've ever wondered why the Channel tunnel didn't open 20 years ago, you can thank everyone's favorite retired art teacher/sleuth, Miss Emily Seeton (Sweet Miss Seeton, 1996, etc., etc.). Caught up in a burst of Plummergen charity spurred by an unexpected legacy of reclusive pensioner Horace… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK DREAM (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Little, Constance & Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2005
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230877
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2005. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Bickering ex-lovers and a disappearing corpse highlight this 1952 comedy by the queens of screwball. There was no question that Agatha Bunson hated her cook. Em could cook. Just about everyone agreed on that point. Agatha, however, despised Em's slovenly… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CHRISTIE CAPER **SIGNED COPY / TRIPLE AWARD FINALIST**
by Hart, Carolyn
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780553074048
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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N.Y.: Bantam, 1991. 1st ed SIGNition, August 1991, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. An ANTHONY, AGATHA & MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEE. Bookstore owner Annie Laurance is hosting a weeklong Agatha… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.29
DEAD ON HER FEET: A Stella the Stargazer Mystery
by Jorgenson, Christine T.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780802733344
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 18.40
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 1999. 1st ed. Initials at front endpaper, lightly soiled else fine in fine dust jacket. Distinctive jacket art by Daniel Pelavin for her books. The 5th Stella and Stargazer mystery. "Always flamboyantly dressed and often accompanied by pet chameleon Fluffy, Stella the Stargazer (who pens an astrological advice column for… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.40
THE PUZZLE OF THE BLUE BANDERILLA
by Palmer, Stuart
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- New
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230709
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2004. 1st prtg. A fine , unread copy of this trade paperback. Inspector Oscar Piper was off on a junket to Mexico in the summer of 1937 (surrounded by a bunch of Democrats, huffed Miss Withers) when a customs inspector on a train headed for Mexico City sniffs a very potent bottle… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK EYE (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Little, Constance & Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.72
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Boulder: CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2001. 1st printing of this fine, unread trade paperback (originally published in 1945). During the waning months of WWII, shar-tongued Eugenia Gates accepts Mary Fredon's invitation to borrow her apartment for an unexpected two-week vacation. Mary herself is away recuperating--her colorless husband Homer has apparently skipped town with the wife next door who,… Read more about this item Item Price
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MURDER AT SHOTS HALL
by Sarsfield, Maureen
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2003
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780915230556
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2003. 1st prtg (originally printed in 1945 in England as Green December fills the Graveyard). A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Flikka Ashley and her outspoken Aunt Bee Chattock live in the ruins of a formerly great manor house called Shots Hall. thirty-six-year-old Flikka brings in some money as… Read more about this item Item Price
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DANCING WITH DEATH ( A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Coggin, Joan
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780915230624
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2003. 1st prtg. (Originally published in 1947 in England, this is the first American edition). The fourth and final title in the Lady Lupin Quartet. Fine, unread copy of this trade size paperback. Lady Lupin Lorrimer Hastings is the young, lovely, scatterbrained and kindhearted newlwed… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BODY IN THE BOUILLON
by Page, Katherine Hall
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312063092
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 23.00
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N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The 3rd Faith Fairchild, former New York City caterer, investigates a suspect retirement home in the small New England town where she now lives. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 23.00
