BITTER MEDICINE
by Paretsky, Sara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with two tiny closed tears and some wrinkling at spine ends. (779)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1987]. First edition. A fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with two tiny closed tears and some wrinkling at spine ends. (779). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Signed by the author on the title page. A V.I. Warshawski mystery.
Synopsis
Sara Paretsky lives in Chicago with her husband. She is the author of the acclaimed novel Ghost Country , eight V.I. Warshawski novels, and a short story collection, Windy City Blues . She is also the editor of A Woman's Eye and Women on the Case .
Reviews
On May 16 2011, EdithPaulineSansum said:
Not as good as the last one I read.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 779
- Title
- BITTER MEDICINE
- Author
- Paretsky, Sara
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with two tiny closed tears and some wrinkling at spine ends. (779)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1987]
- Keywords
- Mystery . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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