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Banquets of the Black Widowers [A Collection of Mysteries]
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385195419
- ISBN 13
- 9780385195416
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Very Good +/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in black pictorial dust jacket; 212pp. Some light shelf wear at jacket spine ends and corners, cloth spine ends a bit softened, lighter portions of jacket a shade toned, else Very Good and sound overall, internally fine.
The fourth volume of a series of "after dinner adventures of the Black Widows," a men's club devoted to the solving of mysteries.
The fourth volume of a series of "after dinner adventures of the Black Widows," a men's club devoted to the solving of mysteries.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8576
- Title
- Banquets of the Black Widowers [A Collection of Mysteries]
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385195419
- ISBN 13
- 9780385195416
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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