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MIAMI BLUES
by Willeford, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312531710
- ISBN 13
- 9780312531713
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Macdonald, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First UK Edition, first printing. The first of four crime novels featuring Hoke Moseley. It served as the basis for the 1990 George Armitage film starring Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Small remainder mark to the bottom edge; else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some mild wear.
Synopsis
After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious El Dorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn't think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over ten years of cases wondering who would want to beat him into unconsciousness, steal his gun and badge, and most importantly, make off with his prized dentures. But the pieces never quite add up to revenge, and the few clues he has keep connecting to a dimwitted hooker, and her ex-con boyfriend and the bizarre murder of a Hare Krishna pimp.Chronically depressed, constantly strapped for money, always willing to bend the rules a bit, Hoke Moseley is hardly what you think of as the perfect cop, but he is one of the the greatest detective creations of all time.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73562
- Title
- MIAMI BLUES
- Author
- Willeford, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312531710
- ISBN 13
- 9780312531713
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime Fiction, Books into Film
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- Remainder Mark
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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