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Bellman and Black - A Ghost Story
by Setterfield, Diane
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1409128016
- ISBN 13
- 9781409128014
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Orion, 2013. An as New copy with dustjacket which has slight rubbing to front edge. First Edition, First Printing. 309 + 9 pages. A boy takes aim at a rook with his catapult. His friends watch in awe as the impossible shot strikes home, the bird falls, and for the first time death enters into William Bellman's life. It's a strangely disturbing experience and one he instantlt tries to forget. A man weighed down by tragedy has a drunken conversation in a graveyard. With a man dressed in black - who may or may not exist. And an extraordinary bargain is sealed between them. A curious new shop opens its doors in the heart of London - the first mourning emporium, providing everything from coffins to umbrellas. As the bereaved flock to Bellman and Black, William Bellman believes the past can finally be forgotten. Rooks, however, don't forget. 2. First. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
DIANE SETTERFIELD is a former academic specializing in twentieth-century French literature. She lives in Oxford, England. Her first novel, The Thirteenth Tale , debuted at #1 on The New York Times besteller list. The author lives in Oxford, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010998
- Title
- Bellman and Black - A Ghost Story
- Author
- Setterfield, Diane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 1409128016
- ISBN 13
- 9781409128014
- Publisher
- Orion
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ghosts / Horror Fiction;
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