Knots and Crosses (Signed)
by RANKIN, Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good + Price-clipped
- Seller
-
Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Doubleday, 1987. A typical ex-lib copy with all of the flaws -- but the price-clipped dust jacket is acceptable. The first edition of the author's first book (and first John Rebus). A place saving copy until you can swing a Fine/Fine copy. 182 pp. Signed on the title page with the author's tic-tac-toe drawing. Priced accordingly. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good + Price-clipped.
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- abookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5001852
- Title
- Knots and Crosses (Signed)
- Author
- RANKIN, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good + Price-clipped
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Mystery, Ex-lib
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Mystery; Addbooks86;
Terms of Sale
abookshop
All books are fully guaranteed and returnable for any or no reason within 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
abookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Springtown, Pennsylvania
About abookshop
We have been selling books of note (especially literary first editions, poetry and drama) for over 20 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...