EIGHT BLACK HORSES: AN 87TH PRECINCT NOVEL - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
by McBain, Ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mysterious Press, 1985. First Edition. Handsome edition of the 38th novel in McBain's long-running 87th Precinct series, which he began with Cop Hater in 1956. Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.21. Octavo (21.75cm); full black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in silver on spine and front cover; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; [xii],250,[4]pp. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, with a few small scuffs to lower edge.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3059
- Title
- EIGHT BLACK HORSES: AN 87TH PRECINCT NOVEL - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
- Author
- McBain, Ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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