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Knots and Crosses
by Rankin, Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket; Ex-Library, with few marks. Spine canted. Tape on covers, removed bookplate front endpaper.
- ISBN 10
- 0385243073
- ISBN 13
- 9780385243070
- Seller
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East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket; Ex-Library, with few marks. Spine . canted. Tape on covers, removed bookplate front endpaper. Ink stamp . title page. Tear top back dust jacket.. 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0385243073 . A scarce book.; Ex-Library; 8vo; 182 pages .
Synopsis
Knots and Crosses is a 1987 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the first of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was written while Rankin was a postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. In the introduction to this novel, Rankin states that Rebus lives directly opposite the window in Marchmont that he looked out of while writing the book.
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Details
- Seller
- Curious Book Shop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14281
- Title
- Knots and Crosses
- Author
- Rankin, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket; Ex-Library, with few marks. Spine canted. Tape on covers, removed bookplate front endpaper.
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385243073
- ISBN 13
- 9780385243070
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0385243073, Detective, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Curious Book Shop
Biblio member since 2005
East Lansing, Michigan
About Curious Book Shop
Curious Book Shop is a used & rare book store located in downtown East Lansing. Originally started in a basement thirty years ago, the store has since expanded to three floors of well-organized books, magazines, and other paper items!
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.