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HAUNTED GROUND
by Hart, Erin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743235053
- ISBN 13
- 9780743235051
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Scribner, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, tan quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over beige boards, Mylar-protected composite photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a woman's head superimposed over a dark field, Gold Seal of the "Friends of American Writers / Award" affixed to cover, 328 pages + [2] About the Author. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION plus--given the novel's gristly subject about digging up the buried truth--a darkly humorous inscription to two women: "Hope you get a little whiff of turf smoke when you open these pages!"--Signed & dated in 2004. Debut novel by Erin Hart (b. 1958)--a lover of and expert on all things Irish--who introduced pathologist Nora Gavin in one of the most lauded mystery debuts of 2003. HAUNTED GROUND was a Book Sense 76 Pick, a winner of the Friends of American Writers Award, a winner of the Romantic Times Best First Mystery Award, and a nominee for the Anthony Award and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel and Best First Mystery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3591
- Title
- HAUNTED GROUND
- Author
- Hart, Erin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743235053
- ISBN 13
- 9780743235051
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Ireland, sacrifice, human, woman, red hair, bog, Druids, death, murder
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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