New York: Random House, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tan boards, black cloth spine with silver titles, red dust jacket with color illustration and acetate protective covering. Extremely slight wear to dust jacket, spine very stiff and tight, covers and pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in excellent condition. Record # 806997

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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: Browsing Is Arousing (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 806997
Title: The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
Author: Block, Lawrence
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st
ISBN 10: 0394510658
ISBN 13: 9780394510651
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1980
Keywords: Fiction Mysteries, Mystery, , .

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From the founders of "Monroe Street Books", "Browsing is Arousing" is a strictly on-line antiquarian, rare, out-of-print & used books store. Our wide-range of inventory includes: Art, Children's Picture and Chapter, Exploration, Fiction, History, Illustrated, Literature, Mystery, Science Fiction, Photography, Performing Arts, Regional, Sciences and Sports.

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