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Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, Stated First Printing. Not price-clipped ($6.95 price intact). Published by Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. Octavo. Light blue faux-linen boards stamped in black with yellow endpapers. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners, binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting to page ends and slight spine lean. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear. A few tiny nicks. A very good copy of Lyons' debut mystery novel. 213 pages. ISBN: 0884050785. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

New York: Mason and Lipscomb, 1974. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. A superior copy. Slight spine lean. Jacket has rubbing, one closed invisible tear, and a tiny chip missing at head of spine.

New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. The author's first mystery, introducing Jacob Asch. Spine cocked with a shelf lean, a touch of wear to the upper edge of the rear board. Upper edge of the text block foxed, scuff on the front free end paper from bookplate removal. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, upper edges of the flaps tanned, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Mason & Lipscomb Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DJ . clean no writing price on dj. first book.

New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0884050785 . Gray cloth with yellow endpapers, stamped in black along the spine. Age toning to the edge of the flaps, but the dust jacket has little of the rubbing usually found. Publisher's price of $6.95 on the front flap. L.A. private eye Jacob Asch investigates the ritual murder of a wealthy young woman. The first book in the long-running series. ; 213 pages .

NY: Mason Lipscomb, 1974. FINE condition in VERY GOOD dust jacket. NY. Mason & Lipscomb. HARDCOVER. 1974. FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED by Author. AS NEW, bound in gray cloth with black titles and yellow endpapers in black and yellow printed dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Dust jacket has some rubbing and wear to points, see images. Author's debut novel, introducing Southern California Detective Jacob Asch. SIGNED ~ INSCRIBED by Author to Owners of SCENE OF THE CRIME ~ For Ruth and Al - From their friend and co-conspirator. Arthur Lyons Dec. 18, 1977 ~ . Signed by Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 213 pages; VG/VG; black spine with yellow and white text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing; boards are strong, slight staining at spine tail; textblock is clean; signed by American crime writer Dorothy B. Hughes on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1294056. FP New Rockville Stock.

MASON & LIPSCOMB. NY 1974. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0884050785 . First edition. Very good+ copy in Vg. + dust jacket. (Foxing at edges. 1"- inch tear with attendant creasing at base of front cover. 1/4"- inch rubbed spot on front cover. Trace of rubbing to rear panel which like the cover is primarily black. ) Author's FIRST novel. .

New York: Mason & Lipscomb, January 1974. First. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. First Edition. Inscribed by author on half title page. First book in the 'Jacob Asch' series. A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Unclipped ust jacket now protected in removable mylar.

NY: MASON & LIPSCOMB. 1974. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0884050785 . First edition. SIGNED by Arthur Lyons on title page. Very good+ copy in very good+ dust jacket. (Light foxing & soiling at edges. Scattered foxing to preliminaries and edges of cloth covers. Traces of rubbing to entirely black jacket. Short edge nicks in jacket. ) Author's FIRST mystery. .