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Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
AbeBooks seller since March 3, 1999
Condition: Used
£ 291.95
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Second edition. Originally printed by Cupples in 1885, as this edition was published anonymously. Pseudonym of Harold Williams (1853-1926). Non-authorial gift inscription on the half title page, else a near fine, bright pictorial front cover with minor wear to the spine ends and corners. Silken threads found at the window sill of a murder scene help to bring a murderer to justice.
Seller Inventory # 41490
Bibliographic details
- Title
- SILKEN THREADS. A DETECTIVE STORY
- Author
- AFTEREM, GEORGE
- Publisher
- Alexander Gardner, 1890., London
- Publication year
- 1890
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 11.72 | £ 14.36 |
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Store description
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise. …
Specialty
WESTERN AMERICANA, COWBOYS, OUTLAWS, INDIANS, MILITARY, HISTORY, CATTLE, MOUNTAIN MEN, FUR TRADE, FRONTIER MILITARY, INDIAN WARS, NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY, EXPLORATION, GOLD RUSH, RAILROAD, MYSTERY, DETECTIVE FICTION, ESPIONAGE, GOLDEN AGE, SHERLOCK HOLMES, PBOAssociation member
Seller's business information
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
PA, U.S.A.
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