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Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome

Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome

Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome
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Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome

by Davis, Lindsey

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 1989. [1989]. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Black boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. Blue endpapers. ix + 258pps. First Printing. There is light soiling and bumping and a faint pencil-erasure of price on the half-title page, otherwise overall clean, bright, and soundly bound. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear. The dust jacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; the original price (18.95) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's first novel -- the introduction of Marcus Didius Falco.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Rome. AD 70. Private eye Marcus Didius Falco knows his way around the eternal city. He can handle the muggers, the police and most of the girls. But one fresh sixteen-year-old, Sosia Camillina, finds him a case no Roman should be getting his nose into. Some friends, Romans and countrymen are doing a highly profitable, if highly illegal, trade in silver ingots or pigs. For Falco it's the start of a murderous trail that leads far beyond the seven hills."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-C.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

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Lindsey Davis now writes full time. She is the author of eleven Falco novels and one historical love story, A Course of Honour . Two For the Lions won the first CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger. From the Hardcover edition.

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Title
Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome
Author
Davis, Lindsey
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Hardcover
Book Condition
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Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0517573636
ISBN 13
9780517573631
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
1989
Keywords
LINDSEY DAVIS SILVER PIGS FIRST EDITIONS MYSTERY CRIME THRILLERS SUSPENSE MURDER HOMICIDE DETECTIVES INSPECTORS SLEUTHS MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO ANCIENT ROME COLLECTIBLE USED BOOKS NOVELS
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