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DOUBLE DEUCE
by Parker, Robert B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399137211
- ISBN 13
- 9780399137211
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED [i.e., Initialled] by the Author, forest green cloth over similar green cloth with gold lettering on the spine, Mylar-protected illustrated dust jacket (unclipped), 224 pages. Initialled on the free front endpaper by the Author (d.2010), the "Dean of American Crime Fiction" and greatly admired creator of Spenser, Jesse Stone, and Sunny Randall. This detective story stars Spenser and is set in a Boston housing project known as "Double Deuce." Very slightly cocked else NF/Fine internally and externally.
Synopsis
Double Deuce is the nineteenth Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows Boston-based PI Spenser as he and his friend Hawk butt heads against a street gang while attempting to unravel the murder of a teenage mother and her daughter.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 640
- Title
- DOUBLE DEUCE
- Author
- Parker, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399137211
- ISBN 13
- 9780399137211
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Murder, Boston, detective, blacks, women, shooting, guns,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
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