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Friend of the Devil
by ROBINSON, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. Hardback. Near Fine. FIRST UK EDITION. Large 8vo. Black cloth, spine lettered in aquamarine. Gentlest pushing to spine ends, toned edges, a few spots to top edge. Else, clean and tight. In the original aquamarine and white lettered dust jacket: edgewear, creasing to top edge. Still, a sharp copy of the Yorkshire-born, Canadian-based author's seventeenth Inspector Banks novel. Near fine/ very good
Synopsis
Peter Robinson is the recipient of numerous awards for his Inspector Banks novels, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for the French translation of In a Dry Season , the Edgar Award for the short story “Missing in Action,” Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and several Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Novel. In 2002, he was awarded the Dagger in the Library by the British Crime Writers’ Association. Robinson was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to Canada after graduating from the University of Leeds. He now lives in Toronto. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2361
- Title
- Friend of the Devil
- Author
- ROBINSON, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Signed & Association Copies;
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Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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