TWILIGHT AT MAC'S PLACE
by Thomas, Ross
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0892962143
- ISBN 13
- 9780892962143
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York Tokyo Sweden Milan: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over gray boards, archival mylar-protected boldly lettered pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with inset of a lighted store by Stan Watts, charcoal gray endpapers, 343 pages. Ross Thomas (1926 - 1995) was an American writer of crime fiction best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics.<br/> <br/> His debut novel, The Cold War Swap, introducing McCorkle and Padillo, was written in only six weeks and won a 1967 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. In 2002, Thomas was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award.<br/> <br/> This is a McCorkle and Padillo novel involved with the mysterious death of a former CIA-agent near the White House.<br/> <br/> SIGNED & in "As New" Condition! No remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5797
- Title
- TWILIGHT AT MAC'S PLACE
- Author
- Thomas, Ross
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892962143
- ISBN 13
- 9780892962143
- Publisher
- The Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York Tokyo Sweden Milan
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- $20 list; Washington, D.C., CIA, murder, bar, memoirs, detective, politics
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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