A Good Hanging and Other Stories
by Ian Rankin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Sydney, Auckland and Johannesburg: Century, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A collection of short stories by this prolific Scottish crime writer, featuring his best known character, Inspector Rebus. This collection comprises twelve short stories following Rankin's character Inspector Rebus through a year of his life.Ian Rankin (b. 1960) is a prolific Scottish author of crime works, having published twenty-five novels and two short story collections. He has won a number of awards for his works, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2016. His protagonist is Detective Inspector John Rebus, with the majority of his works set in Edinburgh.With an unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper.Externally very minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition with minor bumping to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Synopsis
A Good Hanging and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by crime writer Ian Rankin. The collection features Ian Rankin's popular Detective Inspector Rebus. The collection is of 12 short stories set in Edinburgh, where Ian Rankin sets almost all of his novels. The Short Stories:
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 757R23
- Title
- A Good Hanging and Other Stories
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Century
- Place of Publication
- London, Sydney, Auckland and Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- ian rankin inspector rebus crime fiction inspector rebus
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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