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    Brett Halliday. Pair of Two Early Michael Shayne Mysteries. New York: Henry Holt and Company; Dodd, Mead & Company, [1941]-1... (Total: 2 Items)

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    Books:Mystery & Detective Fiction, Brett Halliday. Pair of Two Early Michael Shayne Mysteries. New York: Henry Holt and Company; Dodd, Mead & Company, [1941]-1... (Total: 2 Items)
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    Brett Halliday. Pair of Two Early Michael Shayne Mysteries. New York: Henry Holt and Company; Dodd, Mead & Company, [1941]-1942. First editions. Bodies are Where you Find Them. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. First edition. Octavo. 262 pages. Publisher's black cloth with yellow-stamped spine; original illustrated dust jacket designed by Charles Lofgren. Minor edgewear, small dent in bottom edge of back board, foot of spine just pushed. Rear endpapers slightly toned. Internally clean; top edge stained yellow, minor edgewear. Dust jacket unclipped ($2.00); minor edgewear, somewhat rubbed. Very good book with very good dust jacket.

    [Together with]: The Corpse Came Calling. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First edition. Octavo. 230 pages. Publisher's pictorial black-stamped mustard cloth; original illustrated dust jacket. Minor edgewear, spine slightly cocked. Minor soiling on front endpapers, bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown. Internally generally clean; minor soiling on edges, fore edge untrimmed, other edges trimmed. Dust jacket unclipped ($2.00); moderate edgewear, minor chipping to head and foot of spine panel, spine sunned, somewhat rubbed. Very good book with very good dust jacket.

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