Lady, Don't Die on My Doorstep
by Joseph Shallit
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition stated. Boards in sage-colored cloth with dark green lettering on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed, showing some modest edgewear; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. 252, [1] pages. The second mystery by Joseph Shallit (1915-1995), described as ''a fast, salty, tough and authentic baffler laid in Philadelphia, among grifters, male and female, bookies and prize fighters, suave and scholarly gentlemen.'' The protagonist, Dan Morison, made his debut in Shallit's first book, The Billion-Dollar Body.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015577
- Title
- Lady, Don't Die on My Doorstep
- Author
- Joseph Shallit
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mystery, Philadelphia,
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Boyd Used & Rare Books
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