New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 11th novel in Cornwell's bestselling mystery-thriller series featuring Dr. Kay Scarpetta, forensic scientist and chief medical examiner for Virginia, who has just survived an encounter with the serial killer, Chandonne, and then learned she is the object of a criminal investigation for murder, a frame-up years in the making. First Printing of the First Edition. Signed by Cornwell on a bookplate mounted on the fep (previous owner's name in corner of bookplate.). 449 pages in grey quarter cloth over black, paper-covered boards. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows no more than a trace of rubbing on the back panel, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. Very Collectable.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005452
Title: THE LAST PRECINCT
Author: Cornwell, Patricia D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition.
ISBN 10: 0399146253
ISBN 13: 9780399146251
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, KAY SCARPETTA, FORENSIC THRILLER, FORENSICS, CRIME, SERIAL KILLER, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK,
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; New York; Crime;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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