Death of a Hawker
by Van de Wetering, Janwillem
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395251710
- ISBN 13
- 9780395251713
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. The fourth Grijpstra and de Gier mystery. Spine head gently rolled, remainder mark to the lower edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed with tiny chips at the extremeties and a sticker scuff on the front panel, in mylar. Signed by Van de Wetering on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
Synopsis
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam , The Corpse on the Dike , The Japanese Corpse , and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D130772
- Title
- Death of a Hawker
- Author
- Van de Wetering, Janwillem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0395251710
- ISBN 13
- 9780395251713
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...