New Orleans Mourning
by Smith, Julie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine copy in very good(+) jacket./near fine
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Near fine copy in very good(+) jacket./near fine. Octavo in black boards in purple illustrated dust jacket (purple spine); 376 pages ; 22 cm.; light edgewear and shelf rubbing to jacket; small chips to spine head; lightly bumped spine ends of boards; o/w a clean, gently used copy with bright, crisp pages; inscribed by author on half-title page. In English. || Abstract: "Skip Langdon, a socially connected New Orleans policewoman, is assigned to investigate the murder of the King of the Carnival during the Mardi Gras parade."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86492
- Title
- New Orleans Mourning
- Author
- Smith, Julie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine copy in very good(+) jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Langdon, Skip (Fictitious character), Fiction, Police, Louisiana, New Orleans, Policewomen
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Bibliope by Calvello Books
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About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
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- First Edition
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- O/W
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