DEAD SKIP: A DKA File Novel
by Gores, Joe
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394481577
- ISBN 13
- 9780394481579
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Joe Gores on the title page: "To Gary- This one is really basedon a single case I worked in 72 hours - but without a murder at the end! All best wishes- Joe Gores Apr '86". The first crime novel featuring San Francisco detective Dan Kearney, who meets Donald E. Westlake's amoral thief Parker while looking for one of Parker's associates. This sequence is described from Parker's viewpoint in the novel Plunder Squad (1972), which Westlake wrote under his Richard Stark pseudonym. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a near fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to the rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73657
- Title
- DEAD SKIP: A DKA File Novel
- Author
- Gores, Joe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394481577
- ISBN 13
- 9780394481579
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime Novel, Detective Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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