New York: Viking/Random House, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Dust Jacket As New. Former owner name plate on endpaper, else Fine. Navy and ivory with red titles on spine, spotless, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Text body also spotless, completely free from any markings, no creases. Unclipped dust jacket with painting by Alan Baker. Jury meets Harry Johnson in the Old Wine Shades--he's a friendly guy and meets Jury regularly after that. He spins out a story of a good friend of his whose wife and son (and dog) disappeared one day when they were in Surrey. No trace, no clue, nothing to help find out what happened to them. Harry ia a genius, or sounds like it, on quantum mechanics and superstring theory. Jury wonders if he is being would-are these stories for real? The dog did come back--but how? and from where? When Jury investigators, all seems to be as Harry described it--until they find the body. 341 pages. 9.6 x 6.5 inches. Viking/Random House, New York, 2006.

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 026548
Title: The Old Wine Shades
Author: Grimes, Martha
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: As New
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0670034797
ISBN 13: 9780670034796
Publisher: Viking/Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2006
Size: 8vo - over 7
Keywords: BRITISH MYSTERY; RICHARD JURY; SCOTLAND YARD;
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
X weight: 0 oz

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