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Mortal Stakes
by Parker, Robert B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395219698
- ISBN 13
- 9780395219690
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Uncorrected Proof. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Parker on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95). Black cloth with silver and red gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The third Spenser novel.
Synopsis
Mortal Stakes is the third Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1975. The story centers on the Boston private eye being hired by the Red Sox to find out if their lead pitcher, Marty Rabb, is on the take. The investigation quickly takes him into a deeper, and more dangerous, blackmail plot involving pimps, high class madams and the mob.
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Details
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5596
- Title
- Mortal Stakes
- Author
- Parker, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN 10
- 0395219698
- ISBN 13
- 9780395219690
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Contemporary Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Detective Fiction, Boston
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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Glossary
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
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