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The Monkey's Raincoat
by Robert Crais
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385470088
- ISBN 13
- 9780385470087
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1993. SIGNED. NF/NF. First Edition hardback. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Robert Crais on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean boards. Light creases to spine ends. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($17.00) with faint wear to spine ends (see photos)., else, Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 245 pages. 5¾ x 8½. Debut novel of author's beloved Elvis Cole series. Originally a paperback release in 1987, this copy is a first printing of the U.S. hardcover edition. Winner of the 1988 Edgar Award, Shamus Award, and Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original.
Ellen Lang hires Elvis and Joe Pike to find her husband and son. Mort, Ellen's husband, is a less-than-desirable husband, which is obvious to everyone but Ellen. Besides the fact that Mort's been keeping a mistress, Elvis discovers that the Hollywood agent has gotten himself involved with some nasty drug dealers. When those same nasty drug dealers are told that Elvis has some of their missing cocaine, they turn their threats on him.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4493
- Title
- The Monkey's Raincoat
- Author
- Robert Crais
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Hardback
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385470088
- ISBN 13
- 9780385470087
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 245
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.5
- Keywords
- mystery, elvis cole, joe pike, signed books
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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