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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Radio audiences know Swaim as the reporter on Book Beat, with views of the literary scene. Making his debut as an author himself, he tells a funny and unusual story featuring the many second-hand bookstores long vanished from Fourth Avenue in downtown Manhattan. In 1948, Howard (no one knows his last name) inherits his father's store, where "Pop's old pal, Harry" continues to visit from Baltimore, although he misses his friend, who enjoyed intellectual arguments with the scourge of the "booboisie." Along with the other store owners, Howard mostly ignores the aging but still vitriolic H. L., but Mencken becomes important when Howard's life is threatened. The cause is an 18th century manuscript that Howard's part-time helper, Lenny, persuades him to buy, declaring that they can sell it to Ronald Newberry's snooty uptown gallery for a fortune. It is a prize that someone tries and fails to steal after killing Lenny, thus leaving Howard in possession and at risk of the same fate. Howard realizes that "Harry" holds the clues, and events then speed to a surprising finale of an adventure that can't miss. The colorful cast, quotes from Mencken, evocations of the bookstores and other treasures lost to progress add nostalgic appeal to Swaim's dandy mystery."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition / First Printing as identified with "1" in the full number line. Dj included. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the first novel by this author. A bibliomystery dealing with a bookseller and a rare manuscript. A hint of edge wear. In near fine / near fine condition. 174 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Good in Good jacket. Book Ex lib. 174 pages, 8vo, black boards. Back endpaper removed, a few library stamps; contents fine; dust jacket very good-, light edgewear, label spine.
