New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. Best known for her Inspector Wexford mystery series, this stand-alone thriller is one of the very best works of a writer whose awards include three Edgars and four Gold Daggers and who is acknowledged to be perhaps the greatest current writer of psychological thrillers. This novel is the story of an obsessive love between a mother and daughter living in a remote English manor, and of the men who came to the manor and never left alive. An uncorrected proof and "special advance complimentary copy," Signed by Rendell on a laid-in plate pasted to the front end page. The text is clean and unmarked, tight and square; the pictorial wrappers show only very minor shelfwear. A very collectable copy.

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Seller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 004619
Title: THE CROCODILE BIRD
Author: Rendell, Ruth
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Issued Without Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0517595761
ISBN 13: 9780517595763
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, PROOF, SUSPENSE, PSYCHOLOGICAL, THRILLER, ENGLAND,
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; England; Advance Reading/Review Copy;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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