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Detective: A Novel
by Hall, Parnell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 155611026X
- ISBN 13
- 9781556110269
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Donald I Fine, 1987. Hall's first mystery, introducing Stanley Hastings. Top of the text block foxed. Jacket flaps tanned, in mylar. Signed by Hall on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Poor Stanley Hastings! All his detective pursuits end in FAILURE. So when Martin Albrecht comes to him with a case for a real detective, Stanley turns him away. Unfortunately, Stanley’s accursed path leads to his finding Albrecht dead. Now he’s been challenged and has to take the case; maybe Stanley will finally prove that he’s a real detective. To solve this case Stanley must descend into the modern-day inferno of drugs and mob operations. Will he come out of it alive…?
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D100451
- Title
- Detective: A Novel
- Author
- Hall, Parnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 155611026X
- ISBN 13
- 9781556110269
- Publisher
- Donald I Fine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
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Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Text Block
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- Flap(s)
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
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