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The Garbage Collector
by Stein, Aaron Marc
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385194846
- ISBN 13
- 9780385194846
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. CF4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges plus there are small remainder marks on the top and bottom outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very light scattered soiling plus there is some very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges and at the bottom right corner plus there is some light creasing at the front bottom right corner plus there is a small (0.25") closed tear at the front bottom left corner plus there is some very, very light yellowing on the spine. A mystery set in a small Swiss town near the French border. The main character finds himself in an unusual situation where his garbage suddenly becomes very much in demand and seems to be linked in some way with the shootings, drownings, and ransackings which are continually taking place in the town. He puts his business plans on hold whil he searches for the killers as they continue to kill. By the author of "The Bombing Run," "Hangman's Row," and "A Body for a Buddy." 177p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW11104
- Title
- The Garbage Collector
- Author
- Stein, Aaron Marc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385194846
- ISBN 13
- 9780385194846
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Fiction Mystery Murder Crime Detective Detectives
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Thrillers: International;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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