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John Dunning & Old Algonquin Books

Scribner has published five of John's mysteries featuring Cliff Janeway, bookseller and ex-Denver cop, and a mystery about old-time radio set in New Jersey in 1942. John also has had published an extensive encyclopedia on old-time radio, a novel about Denver in the 1920s, and three other earlier mysteries. We do not usually carry these books, but you should be able to find them in your favorite new or used book store. For more information click in the box on the right.

Old Algonquin Books owned by John and Helen Dunning has been in business since 1984. We are founding members of the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association RMABA . More on our book business->

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