The Japanese Corpse: A Novel
by Janwillem Van De Wetering
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395257778
- ISBN 13
- 9780395257777
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION (American) in dust jacket; SIGNED & DATED by the author on FFEP. The book is fine in a dust jacket that is lightly rubbed at the corners and the spine ends. The name of the person to whom the book was inscribed has been rudely erased. The name of the person to whom the book was inscribed has been rudely erased.
Synopsis
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam , The Corpse on the Dike , The Japanese Corpse , and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MONROE STAHR BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 192109
- Title
- The Japanese Corpse: A Novel
- Author
- Janwillem Van De Wetering
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395257778
- ISBN 13
- 9780395257777
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin (t)
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction; Signed Copy
- Bookseller catalogs
- mystery; Signed Copies;
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- Fine
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