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Knots and Crosses
by Rankin, Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385243073
- ISBN 13
- 9780385243070
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth stated first American edition inscribed to title page by Rankin with doodle. Slight bump/ridge to spine head and slight push to spine foot, very faint trace of rubbing to points else square, tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar has two short closed tears and some creasing to rear panel corner and trace of soil. ; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Knots and Crosses is a 1987 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the first of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was written while Rankin was a postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. In the introduction to this novel, Rankin states that Rebus lives directly opposite the window in Marchmont that he looked out of while writing the book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23712
- Title
- Knots and Crosses
- Author
- Rankin, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385243073
- ISBN 13
- 9780385243070
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1987
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