• For Your Consideration:
• A First Edition in HARDCOVER of:
• “THE SAINT MAGAZINE READER”
(The Crime Club, Doubleday & Company, 1966) (Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing)
• SELECTED BY LESLIE CHARTERIS & HANS SANTESSON
• “A collection of the best examples of the ‘whodunit.’ assembled during the past ten years from the popular SAINT MAGAZINE—dedicated to detective and mystery tales—the stories feature plots and settings as varied as the authors’ talents…. Sure-fire entertainment for all mystery fans.”
—THE PUBLISHER
• A CRIME CLUB SELECTION featuring a suspense fiction by a mix of famous & obscure authors:
• “Something in the Air” by DAVID ALEXANDER
• “Toast to Victory” by LAWRENCE G. BLOCHMAN
• “Nine-Finger Jack” by ANTHONY BOUCHER
• “The Man Who Ate Oysters” by WENZELL BROWN
• “A Man’s Foes” by PEARL S. BUCK
• “The Arrow of GOD” by LESLIE CHARTERIS
• “The Liar” by WILLIAM FAULKNER
• “Bedtime Story” by ROBERT L. FISH
• “The Blue Scarab” by R. AUSTIN FREEMAN
• “The Wolfram Hunters” by EDWARD D. HOCH
• “The Humming Bird” by WILLIAM IRISH
• “Webster and The Wienerwalz” by VERONICA PARKER JOHNS
• “Jose Gaspar and The Princess” by BAYNARD KENDRICK
• “Muted Hunger” by JUDITH MERRIL
• “Wriggle Room Only” by ARTHUR MOORE
• ABOUT THE EDITORS: “LESLIE CHARTERIS is the creator of the famous crater, THE SAINT. MR. CHARTERIS has also contributed the foreword to this reader. HANS SANTESSON is the Editor of THE SAINT MAGAZINE.”
—THE PUBLISHER
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• For other details about this book, please see below.
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SERIES: “CRIME CLUB”
TITLE : “THE SAINT MAGAZINE READER”
EDITORS: LESLIE CHARTERIS & HANS SANTESSON
FOREWORD: LESLIE CHARTERIS
JACKET DESIGN: KEITH BEARD
TYPE: HARDCOVER
PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: “Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York, 1966”
EDITION: First Edition, First Printing*
*EDITION NOTE: On the Copyright Page, this statement: “FIRST EDITION”—with no other printings listed.
NOTE: This copy is NOT an ex-library copy NOR a book-club edition.
PAGES: 221
ISBN: N/A (Pre-ISBN)
CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD. Top of inside flap is clipped but price ($4.50) is unclipped. Corners are rubbed. Spine is sunned. Bottom spine tip is chipped (closed cuts). Top of spine is rubbed. Quarter-inch closed cut at bottom of back near the spine. Light wear along edges. A few light scratches on sides but front & back of DJ are bright & clean. (Protected in a Brodart jacket cover.)
CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD PLUS. Top of spine has a slight slant but book is essentially square & firm. Cloth boards are clean & bright. Corners are lightly rubbed. Spine is tight & uncreased with bumped tips. Corners are lightly rubbed. Text-block edges are moderately age-toned but pages are bright & clean—with no writing, no underlining, no highlighting, no foxing, no staining, no tears/rips, no foul odor, etc. LOOKS UNREAD.
SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a protected & sturdy box. THANK YOU!
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