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PATTERNS IN THE DUST
by Grant-Adamson, Lesley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0571134483
- ISBN 13
- 9780571134489
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber 1st edition first pinting, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Octavo black boards silver titled to spine in dust jacket (1" of tape residue to boards where jacket secured but jacket complete with minimal wear to tips) 191pp includes half title, titlepage & dedication. Ex library with round stamp to verso of titlepage only. *This is a the author's first book, an atmospheric murder mystery which uncovers the secret side of village life. It received a very flattering review from the doyen of female crime writers P.D. James: "she knows how to create an atmosphere of unease and incipient horror and her heoine is an attractive mixture of intelligence, resourcefulness and vulnerability. It is a debut to be welcomed".
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- Seller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- F74951
- Title
- PATTERNS IN THE DUST
- Author
- Grant-Adamson, Lesley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0571134483
- ISBN 13
- 9780571134489
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber 1st edition first pinting
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- crime fiction first book first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Poetry;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
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