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The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
by Lawrence Block
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394510658
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510651
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st printing of 1st edition; signed by author. Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Black and brown boards, silver titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; inscribed on title page 'For Kate - | At the bookstore, | 19 Oct 84 - | Best, | Larry'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; very slight age darkening on fold-in flaps at edges. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore. This is a new, unread book. 8vo, 213 pp.
Synopsis
Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn't generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He's good at it, it's addictively exciting -- and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period. He might well ponder, however, the deeper meaning of events at the luxurious Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon, which is apparently burgled three times on the night Bernie breaks in: once before his visit and once after. Fortunately he still manages to lift some fair jewelry and an extremely valuable coin. Unfortunately burglar or burglars number three leave Herb unconscious and Wanda dead . . . and the cops think Rhodenbarr dunnit. There's no time to get all existential about it -- especially after the coin vanishes and the fence fencing it meets with a most severe end. But Bernie is going to have to do some deep thinking to find a way out of this homicidal conundrum.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19006
- Title
- The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394510658
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510651
- Publisher
- Random House Inc (t)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE, COLLECTABLE, MURDER, POLICE, CRIME, DETECTIVES, WHODUNIT, TERROR, PSYCHOLOGY, THRILLER, COURTS, LAW, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DOGS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery;
Terms of Sale
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Madden Books
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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