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The Mermaids Singing
by Val McDermid
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0061011746
- ISBN 13
- 9780061011740
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Harper Collins, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 276 pages. Black cloth in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author, Val McDermid on the title page with no additional inscription. Laid in photograph of the author. There is some toning to the edges of the paper. Light spotting to the bottom of the dust jacket.
Synopsis
The Mermaids Singing is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid, the first featuring her recurring protagonist, Dr. Tony Hill. It was adapted into the pilot episode of ITV1's television series based on McDermid's work, Wire in the Blood, starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris. The title is part of a line from the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54113
- Title
- The Mermaids Singing
- Author
- Val McDermid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061011746
- ISBN 13
- 9780061011740
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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