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Brown, Fredric. The Dead Ringer. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1948.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The First Edition (stated). A Very Good copy in a Very Good jacket with some general wear, some spine fade and a small piece missing from the head of the spine panel. ; A Dutton Guilt Edged Mystery; 7.3 X 5.3 X 0.9 inches; 224 pages
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE DEAD RINGER. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1948.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. The second Am and Ed Hunter mystery novel. Rubbing to board edges, corner slightly bumped, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket price clipped dust jacket with the spine color faded, folds rubbed, shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips with small chipping. (7602)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric.. THE DEAD RINGER.. E.P. Dutton & Co.: NY, 1948.
Price: US$402.50 + shipping
Description: 8.5 x 5.5, red cloth-like boards, 224 pp, covers lightly worn, extremities fraying, hinges loose, bookplate, contents browning else a good copy in an edge-worn, spine sunned and browned dw w/ fairly large chunk out of rear panel. FIRST ED.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. The Dead Ringer. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York, 1948.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 224pp. Red cloth, title in black on spine and front cover. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to edges, a touch of foxing to top edge. Faint dampstain to lower edge of covers, not affecting text. Clean text throughout. In publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, chipping to corners, some sunning to spine. A nice example of the author's second crime novel. Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, mystery, short fantasy and black comedy writer. His first novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won an Edgar Award for outstanding mystery novel. Another novel, The Screaming Mimi, was adapted into a film in 1958. He is widely considered one of the best Science Fiction Writers of the 20th Century. Fredric Brown died in 1972, having published over 100 works of fiction. Since his death, many of his early pulp novels have been republished and have found a cult following.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. THE DEAD RINGER. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1948.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. The second Am and Ed Hunter mystery novel. Hubin pp. 109-110. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends and corner tips, a mild strip of fade to the lower front panel and some fade to spine panel to a very pale pink. A fairly nice copy of a book difficult to locate in above average condition. (23536)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
BROWN, FREDRIC. THE DEAD RINGER.. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948., New York, 1948.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The author's second book. Inked name at top edge of rear pastedown sheet (covered mostly by the rear flap), lightly rubbed at base of spine and lower front corner, else a fine, bright copy in an extraordinary fresh, fine dust jacket. Since the jacket was originally produced about a half-inch taller than the book, it is almost always found worn at the top of the spine?but not on this copy! Edgar award-winning book that introduces Ed Hunter and his Uncle Am, former private eye turned circus barker.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.