The Talking Clock
GRUBER, Frank
From Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since March 11, 1998
Quantity: 1From Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since March 11, 1998
Quantity: 1About this Item
Small 8vo. Orange cloth with blue lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 276pp. Very good/good plus. Binding only faintly edgeworn; endpapers quite age toned, especially pastedowns, else internally near fine; jacket rubbed and edgeworn, with a number of edge chips and large chip (roughly 2" X 2") at head of spine extending slightly onto front panel. A tight and fairly nice first edition of this "Frank Gruber Ace Mystery" -- an early title in the 18-volume "Johnny Fletcher Mystery" series featuring this "book salesman extraordinary" and sidekick Sam Cragg. Gruber (1904-69) was a prolific pulp fiction writer who penned a great many detective and Western novels. Seller Inventory # 47792
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Talking Clock
Publisher: Rinehart & Company, New York
Publication Date: 1941
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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