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A Firing Offense
by David Ignatius
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679448608
- ISBN 13
- 9780679448600
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Random House, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), second printing per number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Rubbing and edge and corner wear. Remainder mark to top edge. Not clipped. 333 pages. A thriller about a reporter who dances too closely with his sources in the CIA.
Synopsis
A Firing Offense is a 1992 crime novel and the debut from author George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on marketing executive Nick Stefanos as he investigates the disappearance of a colleague. It is the first of several Pelecanos novel's to feature the character and the first of a trilogy with Stefanos as the main character. The other books in this series are Nick's Trip and Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000154
- Title
- A Firing Offense
- Author
- David Ignatius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679448608
- ISBN 13
- 9780679448600
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- April 1997
- Keywords
- fiction, spy stories, mystery, thriller, espionage, intelligence, spies, journalism, journalists, CIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Intelligence & Espionage; Fiction; Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Crime;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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