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London: Methuen, 1955 (500 grams) pebbled papered boards, small pen name to fep and grease pencil price, book clean, unclipped DW tidy, light edge rubbing, small split at end of upper fore edge fold, light splitting at spine head, almost perfect wrapper, 253pp, eighteenth printing, great period ( deco) cover art. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
Crook O'lune by LORAC E. C. R - 1953
by LORAC E. C. R
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Crook O'lune
by LORAC E. C. R
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
London: Collins, 1953 (500 grams) handling soiled orange cloth, with rubbing to spine ends and cornersbottom of upper joint starting to fray, closed edges minimal foxing, top corner of upper board has small patch discoloured, actually a tidy but tired first edition, 192pp. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
- Bookseller Fortuna Books (NZ)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Collins
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1953
- Keywords Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Detective Fiction Collins Crime Club Modern First Edition
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The Devil Doctor
by ROHMER Sax (Pseudonym Of Arthur Sarsfield Ward)
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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Harbour
by MACDONALD Philip
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Collins, 1931 scarce original complete dust jacket present, price clipped and with some edge tears and associated creasing, longer tear through title at top of cover but looks good under mylar, book starts at title and finished with last page, seems there were no free endpapers when printed, undated, 254pp, dust soiled top edge, faint scattered foxing to closed edges, scarce title, nautical themed crime detective novel, undated but dust jacket spine is priced at 7/6 which dates it to 1931 . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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The Saint in Pursuit
by CHARTERIS Leslie
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780340125519
- ISBN 10
- 0340125519
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Hodder, 1971 (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket with light wear with minimal peeling of green from the edges, minor crease to inside front flap, one short closed tear at top corner of rear panel, on the reverse side of the front fold in flap ( ie plain back of the wrapper) there is the word 'Remorse' in ball pen, book has slight spine lean, bookseller pencil to fep, very minor spotting to closed edges, tidy clean copy, 180pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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A Man Lay Dead ( Signed by Author )
by MARSH Ngaio
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- Good
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ$175.00
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Boston: Little Brown, 1972 unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear and short tears and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, signed (authentic) 'Ngaio Marsh' to title, 287pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights
by FLEMING Ian
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Very Good
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ$400.00
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London: Cape, 1966 first edition first impression, dust jacket is NOT price clipped, but is trimmed to all four corners as is usual, one 5mm tear to bottom edge of front panel, a tiny spot on title and facing page from a tiny squished bug, hardly worth mentioning, very clean copy in first state D/W (priced 10/6 net to the inside flap), 95pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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NZ$400.00
The Devil Doctor
by ROHMER Sax (Pseudonym Of Arthur Sarsfield Ward)
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- reprint
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- Hardcover
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Methuen, 1955 (500 grams) pebbled papered boards, small pen name to fep and grease pencil price, book clean, unclipped DW tidy, light edge rubbing, small split at end of upper fore edge fold, light splitting at spine head, almost perfect wrapper, 253pp, eighteenth printing, great period ( deco) cover art. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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Harbour
by MACDONALD Philip
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- good
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- first
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ$425.00
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London: Collins, 1931 scarce original complete dust jacket present, price clipped and with some edge tears and associated creasing, longer tear through title at top of cover but looks good under mylar, book starts at title and finished with last page, seems there were no free endpapers when printed, undated, 254pp, dust soiled top edge, faint scattered foxing to closed edges, scarce title, nautical themed crime detective novel, undated but dust jacket spine is priced at 7/6 which dates it to 1931 . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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NZ$425.00
The Saint in Pursuit
by CHARTERIS Leslie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780340125519
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- 0340125519
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ$100.00
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London: Hodder, 1971 (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket with light wear with minimal peeling of green from the edges, minor crease to inside front flap, one short closed tear at top corner of rear panel, on the reverse side of the front fold in flap ( ie plain back of the wrapper) there is the word 'Remorse' in ball pen, book has slight spine lean, bookseller pencil to fep, very minor spotting to closed edges, tidy clean copy, 180pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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A Man Lay Dead ( Signed by Author )
by MARSH Ngaio
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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Boston: Little Brown, 1972 unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear and short tears and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, signed (authentic) 'Ngaio Marsh' to title, 287pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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NZ$175.00
Octopussy and the Living Daylights
by FLEMING Ian
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ$400.00
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London: Cape, 1966 first edition first impression, dust jacket is NOT price clipped, but is trimmed to all four corners as is usual, one 5mm tear to bottom edge of front panel, a tiny spot on title and facing page from a tiny squished bug, hardly worth mentioning, very clean copy in first state D/W (priced 10/6 net to the inside flap), 95pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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NZ$400.00
Crook o' Lune: A Lancashire Mystery: 104 (British Library Crime Classics)
by E.C.R. Lorac
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- Used - Very Good
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- ISBN 13
- 9780712354868
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- 0712354867
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Very Good.
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Crook o' Lune: A Lancashire Mystery
by E.C.R. Lorac
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- New
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- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780712354868
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- 0712354867
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Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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Paperback / softback. New. Drawing on her own experience living in Lunesdale, Lorac spins a tale portraying the natural beauty, cosy quiet and more brutal elements of country living in this classic rural mystery first published in 1953.
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Crook O' Lune: A Lancashire Mystery
by E C R Lorac
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- New
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- ISBN 13
- 9781728278537
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- 1728278538
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Paperback / softback. New.
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
by Bieker, Chelsea
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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with…
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
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- Used - Very Good
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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NZ$20.27
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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!
by Nolan, Frederick
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780213165178
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- 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780670844524
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- 0670844527
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy
by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)
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- 9780786868018
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- 0786868015
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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And Four To Go: A Nero Wolfe Foursome
by Rex Stout
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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This book is in very good condition except for the dust jacket. It is in acceptable condition THe dust Jacket is worn, torn and fading. The previous owner's name is written at the top of the first page.Four Nero Wolfe novels in miniature, published in book form for the first time. Christmas Party, Easter Parade, Fourth of July Picnic and Murder is no Joke. There is a marking on the first page.
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A Is For Alibi
by Sue Grafton
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- Fine
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- 9780805013344
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- 0805013342
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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Noose, The
by MacDonald, Philip
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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
by Burke, James Lee
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- 1st Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9780316116992
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- 0316116998
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Ellensburg, Washington, United States
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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Gallagher, Stephen | Valley of Lights | Signed First Edition UK Copy
by Gallagher, Stephen
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- 9780450406645
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- 0450406644
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NEL, 1987. hardcover. New. Author Signed UK Hardcover Book. 1987 LON: NEL First UK edition, first printing, mint/new unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by the author.
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