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Diamond Head (a Mystery Novel)
by Knief, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Dunne for St. Martin's Press, 1986 Signed and inscribed by Author on Title page. Hardcover, with dust jacket in Brodart cover, 234 pp. Winner of the 1995 St. Martin's Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest. From the blurb: "Retired U.S. Naval Officer John Caine lives aboard his sailboat ...off Oahu and makes a living doing "favors for friends, "-recovering lost property and running high-risk errands..." His former commanding officer's daughter turns up dead, plunging Caine into a double jeopardy: can he solve the case without splashback sullying the reputation of his client? Scandal, romance, fire, sharks and contract killers...all in a day's work for our hero. Condition: Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Like New.. Signed and inscribed by Author on the title page.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7909
- Title
- Diamond Head (a Mystery Novel)
- Author
- Knief, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne for St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...