A LONG LINE OF DEAD MEN (Matthew Scudder)
by Block, Lawrence
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688121934
- ISBN 13
- 9780688121938
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page, 8vo, red quarter cloth over black boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) by Scott Gordley, red endpapers, 285 pages. Lawrence Block (born 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-based series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. <br/><br/>Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994.<br/><br/>FINE internally: tight, bright, clean. Jacket bright and slightly rubbed--mainly on the back.
Synopsis
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #12. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2691
- Title
- A LONG LINE OF DEAD MEN (Matthew Scudder)
- Author
- Block, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688121934
- ISBN 13
- 9780688121938
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Murder, death, detectives
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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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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