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Favor
by Parnell Hall (1944- )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1556110960
- ISBN 13
- 9781556110962
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
249 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's grey paper boards with red lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. Good old Stanley, always willing to do a favor. Stanley Hastings, the worst private detective in New York--maybe in the known universe--enters the big league. When asked to investigate Sergeant MacAullif's son-in-law, Stanley gets himself into trouble yet again. Doing favors can create a lot of problems. When Stanley takes on the case, he ends up doing one more favor than he expected: he unwittingly takes the blame for the questionable dealings of MacAullif's son-in-law. Now he must find a way out of this mess. Maybe he'll learn to be more cautious next time he's asked to do a favor. Condition: Inscribed on title page else a near fine copy in like jacket.
Synopsis
Good old Stanley, always willing to do a favor. Stanley Hastings, the worst private detective in New York--maybe in the known universe--enters the big league. When asked to investigate Sergeant MacAullif's son-in-law, Stanley gets himself into trouble yet again. Doing favors can create a lot of problems. When Stanley takes on the case, he ends up doing one more favor than he expected: he unwittingly takes the blame for the questionable dealings of MacAullif's son-in-law. Now he must find a way out of this mess. Maybe he'll learn to be more cautious next time he's asked to do a favor.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0570
- Title
- Favor
- Author
- Parnell Hall (1944- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1556110960
- ISBN 13
- 9781556110962
- Publisher
- Donald I Fine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Royal octavo
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