Amethyst Spectacles by Crane Frances (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Inside is clean and unmarked. Some wear on cover. See photos.

Paperback. first edition. 49 very good, creases Photo cover. paperback.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Detective Book Club. Tan cloth binding. The lightly tanned pages have a very few small scattered soil spots. There is a name label on the front and back end papers. The end papers have heavier tanning. There is a small light soil spot on the spine. The dust jacket has some tanning, light edge wear, a small soil spot on the spine and is darkened on the spine area. Included in this book: Five Bullets by Lee Thayer; The Amethyst Spectacles by Frances Crane; and The Affair of the Dead Stranger by Clifford Knight. 647 pages in total.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-17 in this important series, first issue, reprinted later in the series as No. 995, a mystery set in New Mexico, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 244 pages.Goodread notes = "Pat and Jean Abbott return to New Mexico and once again become involves in a murder investigation in a fictional version of Taos." >> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; cover soiling; spine slant; 1" paper pull to lower left front cover; pen to front cover; Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. First Thus. Mass market paperback Bantam 49, 244 pages; cover lamination peeling, tiny cover splits at front top hinge and bottom back hinge, spine flat/uncreased but chipped at bottom, still tight in binding, small pale faded old waterstain at bottom fore edge from about page 122 to end with staining just visible in that corner margin of many pages, but overall gently used, not abused, otherwise very clean and unmarked.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. VG+ to Near Fine in pictorial wraps with black & white lettering & cover photo of a guy's arm coming out a mountain. A Pat Abbott mystery. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.

Paperback. first edition. 49 near fine, unread Photo cover. paperback.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First published in 1944. A Pat and Jean Abbott mystery. ; 8vo; 159 pages.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 995 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. Q-17 published earlier in the series in 1945, a mystery, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.…

Side Stapled. Condition: Very Good+. Covered side stapled wraps, has a small lean to the binding with a tiny bow to booklet near binding, very slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, a touch of rubbing with a hint of edgewear to covers, and a note of creasing to spine, otherwise a solid, tight, bright VG+ copy. …

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 19 cm. 208 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear to covers, pages a little browned, slight foxing to page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A collector's copy. Dust jacket has only light wear and the book is nice with just the slight age toning to the pages due to the wartime paper used. Email us for a photo. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Firm Clean Read Copy - Reprint - Ex Library With One Stamp To Front End Paper - Number 2156 Printed At Top Corner Of Ffp And Half Title Page - No Other Marks Discovered. Not Illustrated. Age Tanning Of Pages. Excellent Reading Copy. Red Cloth Hard Cover With Sellotape Adhesive Mars To Both Front And Rear And Associated Front Rear End Papers - Sun Fading To Spine And Donw Length Of Spine On Front - Rear Is Starting To Split Against Spine Both Internally And External - Slight Rubbing To Edges.…

8vo. [6], 250 pp. Tan publisher's cloth, amethyst-coloured lettering (rubbing, edgewear, very minor bumping in corners), w/ d.j. cover art by H. Laurence Hoffman (minor chipping head & foot of spine, scuffing, minor closed tears, light age toning) G/G copy, w/ former ownership marking on half-title. First Grosset edition, of this very uncommon Jean and Pat Abbott mystery set in New Mexico, with Abbott on convalescent leave from wounds received during World War II in the Pacific. …