INVENTORY #161328
The rope began to hang the butcher
GRAFTON, C. W.
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$40.00 CAD
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Cornelius Warren ("Chip") Grafton (1909 1982) took the title of this book, his second mystery novel, from a nursery rhyme, The Old Woman and Her Pig. The hero of this story, lawyer Gilmore Henry, also appeared in his first tale, The rat began to gnaw the rope. Grafton's daughter Sue (19402017) also became a crime writer and is famous for her "Alphabet Series" of crime novels.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Dell
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1944
- Place Published: New York
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
Dell 232. 288 p. 17 cm. Paperback. Crime scene on rear cover. Mylar film rolling up on front cover. Paper browned. Old price in marker on front endpaper.