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Pale Kings and Princes
by Parker, Robert B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385295383
- ISBN 13
- 9780385295383
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Delacorte Press, 1987-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling/foxing on edges of text block. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases, small scratches & toning. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
Pale Kings and Princes is a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is taken from John Keats's poem La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad. Following the murder of a reporter, Spenser is hired by a newspaper to investigate drug smuggling around the area of Wheaton, Massachusetts. There he encounters many troubles, including the death of a policeman and his son. Spenser, with the help of his friend Hawk, eventually secures the downfall of the local cartel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JCOSparPKP
- Title
- Pale Kings and Princes
- Author
- Parker, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385295383
- ISBN 13
- 9780385295383
- Publisher
- The Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987-05-01
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 19 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....