MORTAL STAKES
by Parker, Robert B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with several scratch marks to front panel, small closed tear to upper front panel, very s
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with several scratch marks to front panel, small closed tear to upper front panel, very slight edge rubbing. A very nice copy as the foil title lettering is in quite nice shape. (10971). Octavo, cloth. The third Spenser novel.
Synopsis
Mortal Stakes is the third Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1975. The story centers on the Boston private eye being hired by the Red Sox to find out if their lead pitcher, Marty Rabb, is on the take. The investigation quickly takes him into a deeper, and more dangerous, blackmail plot involving pimps, high class madams and the mob.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10971
- Title
- MORTAL STAKES
- Author
- Parker, Robert B
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with several scratch marks to front panel, small closed tear to upper front panel, very s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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