London: Granada, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with lean. Boards sharp and clean. Bumped to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Very good condition. Jacket has some minor crimping to edges and spine ends. Light handling marks to the gloss. Overall a very good close to near fine book. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this scarce and collectible first edition first printing Asimov title, the fourth collection, featuring 12 Black Widowers tales. Very uncommon edition.

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Banquets of the Black Widowers is a collection of mystery short stories by science fiction author Isaac Asimov featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1984, and in paperback by the Fawcett Crest imprint of Ballantine Books in June 1986. This book is the fourth of the six books featuring the Black Widowers.

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Bookseller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005794
Title: Banquets of the Black Widowers
Author: Asimov, Isaac
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0246126736
ISBN 13: 9780246126733
Publisher: Granada
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1985
Pages: 212
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Crime Thriller
Bookseller catalogs: Thiller and Crime;
X weight: 400 g

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Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.

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