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Zen There Was Murder by Keating, H. R. F. (Cover by John Sewell.)

by Keating, H. R. F. (Cover by John Sewell.)

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Zen There Was Murder by Keating, H. R. F. (Cover by John Sewell.)

Zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H. R. F. (Cover by John Sewell.)

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Penguin C1965 [C1965] 1963, 2nd printing. (Mass market paperback) Very good. ... Cover by John Sewell. ... ().
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  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Penguin C1965

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Zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H R F

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  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used - Good +
Edition
First Penguin Edition
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Paperback
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Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
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Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1963. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. First Penguin Edition. G+, Edgewear, small tear, creases, spots of abrasion, faint stain, browning. Murder mystery. Author's second novel. Cover design by John Sewell. Penguin C1965. Expanded condition report/scan on request..
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Zen there was murder

by Keating, H. R. F

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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Used - Very Good
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Hardcover
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Bridlington, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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London : Gollancz. 1st edition. VG hbk. Former Boots Library copy rebound in brown cloth. 16833. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1960.
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Zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H R F

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Reprint.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780575015159
ISBN 10
0575015152
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Bundall, Queensland, Australia
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original Cloth. Fine/Fine. Reprint. 8vo. Re-issue, first pub. in 1960. Lovely copy in clipped dj. Size: 8vo
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Zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H.R.F

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used
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Hardcover
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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Novel. (London: Gollancz: 1960) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 240. Keating's second thriller. First Edition. Top edge dusty. A very good copy in the typical Gollancz yellow jacket whose spine is mildly sunned, the head of its spine a little bruised, and small tears to the extremities of the hinges, and one small clean tear to the head of the front panel, but which is overall also very good.
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Zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H.R.F

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  • Acceptable
  • Paperback
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Used - Acceptable
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Paperback
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Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Penguin, 1963-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1.5228 in x 17.5127 in x 10.6599 in. Not an ex-library book. Well read copy with some water damage, still very useable.
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Zen There Was Murder

Zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H. R. F

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Victor Gollancz,. Hardback. Signed first edition. Signed by H. R. F. Keating to the title page. Thriller. Keating's second novel before he began his successful Inspector Ghote series. Keating served as chairman of the CWA (1970-71); president of the Detection Club (1985-2000), a group of mystery writers; and chairman of the Society of Authors (1983-84) and in 1996 was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger by the CWA. Red boards with black titles to spine are very clean with a narrow line of sunning to head of the spine where there is a little wear to the dust jack. Yellow dust jacket is slightly dusty to edges and lightly tanned to spine one very short tear above the word Zen in the title and a couple of other tiny nicks. Good+, sound copy in good dust jacket . Hardback. First Edition. 1960.
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zen There Was Murder

by Keating, H R F

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  • good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good +
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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U.K.: Victor Gollancz, 1960. Red bds with black title to spine. Slant to spine. Bump to spine ends and corners. Damp staining to top board edges. Foxed/grubby outer edge of text block. Usual library markings. Pages tanned with a little foxing. Patchy soiling and corner creases to some pages. Unclipped dustjacket in clear protective sleeve with creasing/sunning to jacket edges and spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Zen There Was Murder

Zen There Was Murder

by H R F Keating

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780575015159
ISBN 10
0575015152
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is about fine. The classic yellow Gollancz dust jacket has some minimal darkening and a short tear at the upper, front flyleaf fold. The author's second thriller. During a weekend course on Zen Buddhism at a country mansion, first a theft and then a murder occur. Both mysteries are solved by Zen master Mr. Utamaro.
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