THE GRENADILLO BOX; A Novel
by Gleeson, Janet
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743246861
- ISBN 13
- 9780743246866
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London Toronto Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Tall 8vo, pale yellow quarter cloth with pale gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Honi Werner, ix, [x-xii] + 338 pages + [2] About the Author. Janet Gleeson is the author of the bestseller The Arcanum, as well as Millionaire, The Grenadillo Box, and The Serpent in the Garden. A mystery set in England during 1755, and involving Nathaniel Hopson, a journeyman cabinetmaker for Thomas Chippendale, who goes to Cambridge to install a library. There, he becomes involved with solving whether the death of his employer, Lord Montfort, was a suicide or murder? SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean copy in a sharp, bright dust jacket (unclipped) with min wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5955
- Title
- THE GRENADILLO BOX; A Novel
- Author
- Gleeson, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743246861
- ISBN 13
- 9780743246866
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York London Toronto Sydney
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Fiction, 18th century, cabinet maker, nobility, country homes, London, murder, suicide, Drury Lane,
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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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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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