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The Killing Room - Author SIGNED on a Publisher's Promotional Bookplate
by May, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0340768649
- ISBN 13
- 9780340768648
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340768649 . FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing with the Correct Printers Key - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. SIGNED by the Author on a full colour promotional bookplate loosely enclosed, but not yet stuck in to give the new owner options. In Black boards with Bright Gilt titling to the spine. The pages/fore-edges are tanning, but uniformly, as usual with this type of paper used, o/w a Near As New book in a Near As New Jacket. Looks Unread. The dustjacket is NOT price-clipped. NO Inscriptions or Marks. (6) + 391 pp. Apart from the page tannning which is inevitable, this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'As New' copy - the d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover looking New. " When the mutilated and dismembered bodies of 18 women are discovered in Shanghai, Detective Li Yan is sent to establish if the corpses relate to an unsolved murder in Beijing. What he finds is the most horrifying catalogue of killings ever uncovered ... The Third book in May's great 'China' crime series featuring Margaret Campbell, a forensic pathologist from Chicago, and Beijing Detective Li Yan." . Chinese Detective/American Pathologist, Beijing Crime. Quite a Scarce Title - with the added extra of a signed bookplate. The Chinese Crime Writers? Association named May an honorary member of their Beijing chapter, making him the only Westerner to receive this tribute. See Images. ; The China Thrillers; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120060
- Title
- The Killing Room - Author SIGNED on a Publisher's Promotional Bookplate
- Author
- May, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Near Fine in As New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0340768649
- ISBN 13
- 9780340768648
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 0340768649, The Killing Room; Pater May; The China Thrillers;, The Third ' China ' Thriller Featuring Margaret Campbell And Detective Li , Yan, The Third Book In May's Great ' China ' Crime Series Featuring Margaret , Campbell, A Foren
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Eng Lit, Lit Crit & Shakespeare; India/Burma/Asia;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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