'A' Is For Alibi
by Grafton,Sue
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 033341778X
- ISBN 13
- 9780333417782
- Seller
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan . This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket,that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket and with just a touch of light rubbing to the head of spine.Not price clipped (£7.95 net showing to inner flap) The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.The text block has some tanning and age toning to the page edges as is usual with this book due to the paper quality used in publication.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The Dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.A decent copy of the Author's first crime novel to feature Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone.8vo 191pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1986] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1986.
Synopsis
"A" Is for Alibi is the first novel in the Kinsey Millhone series by crime writer Sue Grafton. It was published in 1982. The first printing of "A" Is for Alibi was 7,500 copies. Grafton based the story to some extent on her own 'fantasies' of murdering her then husband prior to divorce.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77593
- Title
- 'A' Is For Alibi
- Author
- Grafton,Sue
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 033341778X
- ISBN 13
- 9780333417782
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Kinsey Millhone Sue Grafton Kendal
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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