A Is For Alibi
by Sue Grafton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805013342
- ISBN 13
- 9780805013344
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Gray boards with red writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled. Slight shelf wear at top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $16.95 and FPT on front dust jacket flap.
Henry Holt First Edition; Second Printing as indicated by number line of "3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on copyright page. Author's signature, inscription (saying "Yours until 'Z' is for Zero"), and date of June 1990 on title page
Grafton's very first book featuring detective Kinsey Millhone; this copy is in almost pristine condition. Grafton was unfortunately unable to complete her Alphabet Series, dying shortly after the "Y" novel was published. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRF037
- Title
- A Is For Alibi
- Author
- Sue Grafton
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805013342
- ISBN 13
- 9780805013344
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 275
- Keywords
- sue grafton; alibi; kinsey millhone; inscribed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Mystery; Signed / Inscribed;
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