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London: Bodley Head, 1987 The author's second novel. Red fine-textured boards stamped in gilt on spine. Tight and tidy, just the faintest show of foxing in endpapers. Fully intact dust jacket, slight foxing on flaps, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Knots & Crosses by Rankin, Ian - 1987
by Rankin, Ian
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Knots & Crosses
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The Bodley Head, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed. 169 pages (complete). A VERY RARE - and pleasing - copy of this first edition of the first Rebus novel from Ian Rankin. Tipped-in signature on the half-title page. Newer end-papers? The dustjacket has a clear cellophane protective cover. The dustjacket itself is healthy, smart with just the lightest of scuffing. The red boards are fresh and steady and hale. The contents are most agreeable. The pages are clean, clear, tight, fresh, unblemished, pleasurable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- ISBN 10 0370310578
- ISBN 13 9780370310572
- Publisher The Bodley Head, London
- Date Published 1987
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Knots and Crosses
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London: Bodley Head, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Crime fiction featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus - his first appearance. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0370310578. A fine copy (usual very slight toning to edges of paper, almost inevitable - due to the cheap paper) iin a fine D/W with absolutely no fading whatsoever to the red spine lettering and quite scarce thus. SIGNED & DOODLED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.
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Knots and Crosses
by Rankin, Ian
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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London, United Kingdom: Bodley Head SIGNED by Author on the Title Page Hard Cover. The Scarce First edition, first printing and first U.K. Edition. SIGNED by author on the title page accompanied by the now famous noughts and crosses drawing. Near fine, with the lightest of page tanning about the edges, a minute tear and small nick at top end of dj spine, some rubbing, one short narrow scratch, and one tiny mark to rear flap, but still a very attractive copy in a clear Brodart mylar cover. Ian Rankin's first John Rebus novel and his second novel has become one of the most elusive titles in modern crime fiction. Rankin has succeeded in bringing to life the Edinburgh, Scotland that Rebus knows so well, as a living breathing character in this excellent series. A serial strangler is on the loose and Detective Sergeant Rebus has been receiving crank letters, matchstick crosses, and a small neatly tied knot. He's also been drinking too much, and to complicate things further, his wife and daughter…
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