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The Mind-Murders
by Van De Wetering, Janwillem
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395305446
- ISBN 13
- 9780395305447
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Octavo. 186 oo, inscribed to previous owner & signed "Janwillem, spring '81". 5.75" x 8,6" black cloth boards, red spine abnd fr cover letters, in unclipped DJ with acetate protector. DJ with light wear at the extremities. .
Synopsis
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam , The Corpse on the Dike , The Japanese Corpse , and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008356
- Title
- The Mind-Murders
- Author
- Van De Wetering, Janwillem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395305446
- ISBN 13
- 9780395305447
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Grijpstra and de Gier - detectives in Amsterdam
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY & SCIFI;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- A.N.
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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