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Laidlaw
by William McIlvanney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340207272
- ISBN 13
- 9780340207277
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
NZ$599.20NZ$479.36
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Very rare signed. Book has almost imperceptible lean, lightly bumped corners, else VG. DJ has chipping at the corners and spine ends, and had a small piece missing at the bottom right front. Not price clipped. Inscribed (Best wishes, Willie McIlvanney) on the ffep. Protected in a Brodart cover.
Synopsis
An extraordinary debut by a Scottish mystery writer, this cult classic of crime fiction presents Detective Jack Laidlaw, a policeman as complex and self-critical as you'll ever meet. Laidlaw follows the trail of murder investigation deep inot the underbelly of Glasgow, a world he knows the way Phillip Marlowe knew Los Angeles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Allen Panzeri Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 322
- Title
- Laidlaw
- Author
- William McIlvanney
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340207272
- ISBN 13
- 9780340207277
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
Terms of Sale
Allen Panzeri Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Allen Panzeri Books
Biblio member since 2018
Ottawa, Ontario
About Allen Panzeri Books
Specializing in signed books, mainly detective, American, and Canadian fiction, plus Canadians, including Canadian politics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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