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Published by David McKay Co, 1977
ISBN 10: 0679507825ISBN 13: 9780679507826
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Book
Condition: New.
Published by David McKay Co, 1977
ISBN 10: 0679507825ISBN 13: 9780679507826
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by David McKay Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1977
ISBN 10: 0679507825ISBN 13: 9780679507826
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing of the first Sharon McCone mystery. Very gently bumped with just a hint of wear at the corners and spine ends, with corresponding crimps to the mylar covered jacket. Pages tanned. Signed by Muller on the front free end paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.
Published by David McKay Company, Inc. / Ives Washburn, Inc., New York:, 1977
ISBN 10: 0679507825ISBN 13: 9780679507826
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York:: David McKay Company, Inc. / Ives Washburn, Inc., 1977. A tight copy. The Dust Jacket has minor rubbing at the extremities, and a few short closed tears. There is a light brown spot, smaller than a 50 cent coin, on the jacket's rear panel. NOT price clipped (7.95). The Dust Jacket is now protected by a Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean and unmarked, but as usual are browning a little (age-toned). First printing, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original red boards, lettered in black on the spine. The author's first book, and first in the influential Sharon McCone mystery series. THIS IS THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL. Before V. I. Warshawski, and before Kinsey Millhone, there was the hardboiled contemporary female P.I. Sharon McCone. "Marcia Muller is widely credited as the first American author to write a detective series starring a woman private eye. In 1977 EDWIN OF THE IRON SHOES launched the career of Sharon McCone" -- Willetta Heising (p. 105 in DETECTING WOMEN, A READER'S GUIDE, 1995). From the Dust Jacket: "Sharon McCone is a female private eye who bears little resemblance to Miss Marple. She's young and tough and stubborn, and her striking good looks reflect her one-eighth American Indian ancestry. Employed as an investigator in San Francisco by a bohemian legal cooperative, she is summoned to the scene of the crime when a client, a small-time antique shop proprietor, is found murdered, stabbed with a valuable bone-handled dagger from one of her own display cases.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (x), 178pp.
Published by David McKay Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1977
ISBN 10: 0679507825ISBN 13: 9780679507826
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Tight and straight, page edges barley toning; jacket barely nicked and rubbed. A superior copy.
Published by David McKay Company, Inc, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0679507825ISBN 13: 9780679507826
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+ dust jacket. First Edition. New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1977. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page (signature only). A very desirable copy. Near Fine condition in Near Fine++ dust jacket. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The bright, shiny dust jacket is unusually nice, and would be FINE but for a hint of sunning at the spine. NO chips. NO tears. NO rubbing. NO creases. Not price clipped ($7.95). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. The book itself would be FINE but for the usual tanning (age-toning) of the text pages, and a short (1.25 inch) scratch on the front board (dust jacket is NOT affected). NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a book club edition. Endpapers are still bright white (no tanning). Muller's first mystery and the first book to feature Sharon McCone, the first of the new breed of female private eyes. A landmark in the mystery genre. Bound in the original red boards, lettered in black on the spine. . SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine+ dust jacket. 8vo. 178pp.