"A" is for Alibi (SIGNED)
by Grafton, Sue
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 033341778X
- ISBN 13
- 9780333417782
- Seller
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About This Item
London: MacMillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 033341778X . SIGNED and inscribed on title page by Sue Grafton, "For Carol ... Yours until "Z" is for Zero, Sue 5-4-86." ; Tight binding, clean pages. Some age-toning to pages, typical for this book, otherwise As New. Not price clipped. An excellent copy of the First Printing of the First British Edition of the First Kinsey Millhone mystery. Protected in a new removable Mylar cover. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 8vo; 192 pages; Signed by Author .
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
- Eliabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14264
- Title
- "A" is for Alibi (SIGNED)
- Author
- Grafton, Sue
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 033341778X
- ISBN 13
- 9780333417782
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 033341778X
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