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Devices & Desires (SIGNED)
by James, P. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st USA edition, unclipped d/j (vg in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, silver titling, signed on title wit
- ISBN 10
- 0394560701
- ISBN 13
- 9780394560700
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st USA edition, unclipped d/j (vg in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, silver titling, signed on title with dedication ""For Lawrence with every good wish from the Author. PDJames 1 Feb 1990"". Text block firm, pages tight and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The Queen of Crime.' New York Times. When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the sad business of tying up his aunt's estate. But the peace of Larksoken is illusory. A serial killer known as the Whistler is terrorising the neighbourhood and Dalgliesh is drawn into the lives of the headlanders when it quickly becomes apparent that the Whistler isn't the only murderer at work under the sinister shadow of the power station.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132722
- Title
- Devices & Desires (SIGNED)
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st USA edition, unclipped d/j (vg in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, silver titling, signed on title wit
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394560701
- ISBN 13
- 9780394560700
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 433
- Keywords
- 1st USA, fiction, detective, signed, PDJames
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.83 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.