Pencil Points to Murder (Signed / Inscribed by Barber)
Language: English
Published by Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, New York, 1941
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.CraigsClassics
AbeBooks seller since December 20, 2016
Condition: Used - Good
£ 346.03
Quantity: 1 available
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This is a scarce signed/inscribed copy of "PENCIL POINTS TO MURDER - A Christopher Storm Mystery" by Willetta Ann Barber and R.F. Schabelitz with its original dust jacket. 1941 1st edition (stated); Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday, Doran & Co.; Garden City, New York. This copy is signed and inscribed by Willetta Ann Barber in pen on the front end paper, as follows: "July 1941 To Annie - In the hope that this may while away a dull hour. (Miss Billie) -Willetta-Ann Barber." Illustrated. Red topstain. The book is a traditional whodunit mystery novel featuring recurring protagonist, Manhattan commercial and police sketch artist Christopher "Kit" Storm. Storm works as a commercial artist who also assists the police by sketching crime scenes and physical clues by hand instead of relying strictly on photographs. The novel belongs to a unique, highly illustrated mystery series where actual sketches drawn by Kit Storm (created by co-author and illustrator R. F. Schabelitz) are embedded directly into the text as tangible visual clues for the reader to solve the crime. The story is typically narrated by Sheridlock "Sherry" Locke, Kit’s partner/fiancée, and follows their involvement in unravelling a puzzling homicide using artistic observation, line details, and visual evidence captured "on the spot." Condition: Mottling to the cloth on the covers and spine. The front cover has staining at the bottom edge. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The pages are lightly toned, and mostly clean with only an occasional mild foxing spot here and there. There is an inscription hand-written by Willett Ann Barber in in on the front end paper dated 1941. Heavy tanning to the pastedowns. Overall the book is in Good condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap; soiling to the covers and spine; light foxing on the flaps and back cover; bits missing a the top/bottom edges of the spine and flap corners; there are tears along the top and bottom edges and along the flap creases that have been repaired with tape on the back-side.overall the jacket is in Fair condition.…
Seller Inventory # ABE-1789077082286
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Pencil Points to Murder (Signed / Inscribed by Barber)
- Author
- Willetta Ann Barber and R.F. Schabelitz
- Publisher
- Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, New York
- Publication year
- 1941
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
CraigsClassics
Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 20, 2016
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