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The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
by Block, Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394510658
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510651
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394510658 . Signed by Block on the title page. A promotional copy with publicity sheet laid in. The dust jacket has age toning to the dust jacket flaps, and creasing to the rear flap. Burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, bookseller by day and thief by night, stumbles into a murder and a setup. ; 213 pages; Signed by Author .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 817
- Title
- The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
- Author
- Block, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394510658
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510651
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0394510658, CRIME, CRIMINALS, FICTION, NEW, YORK, RHODENBARR, BERNIE, FICTITIOUS, CHARACTER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humorous Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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