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The Burglar in the Library
by Lawrence Block
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1874061815
- ISBN 13
- 9781874061816
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About This Item
No Exit, Harpenden, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. LAWRENCE BLOCK. The Burglar in the Library, Harpenden: No Exit Press, 1997. Octavo, first U.K. edition, pp. 342, 1 (note), green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ribbon bookmark bound in, signed on the title page by Block. A Bernie Rhodenbarr detective tale. Condition of this book: Spot of dust at bottom edge; in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1990s; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1874061815. ISBN/EAN: 9781874061816. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55210. . 9781874061816
Synopsis
Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he's excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and current lady love Lettice at the Cuttleford House, a remote upstate b&b. Unfortunately, Lettice has a prior engagement—she's getting married . . . and not to Bernie—so he decides to take best buddy Carolyn instead. A restful respite from the big city's bustle would be too good to waste. Besides, there's a very valuable first edition shelved in the Cuttleford's library that Bernie's just itching to get his hands on. Did we neglect to mention that Bernie's a burglar?But first he's got to get around a very dead body on the library floor. The plot's thickened by an isolating snowstorm, downed phone lines, the surprise arrival of Lettice and her reprehensible new hubby, and a steadily increasing corpse count. And it's Bernie who'll have to figure out whodunit . . . or die.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55210
- Title
- The Burglar in the Library
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1874061815
- ISBN 13
- 9781874061816
- Publisher
- No Exit
- Place of Publication
- Harpenden
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Crime Fiction; United States; 1990s; Fiction. Signed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 1874061815 EAN: 9781874061816 Lawrence Block The Burglar in the Library
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