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THE PEKING MAN IS MISSING (WITH LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR TO MARION BABSON)
by TASCHDJIAN Claire
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair, pages foxed as edges, especially top edge. In fair dust jacket, sunned on all sides with discolouration along top edge. Le
- ISBN 10
- 0450040259
- ISBN 13
- 9780450040252
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About This Item
London,, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fair, pages foxed as edges, especially top edge. In fair dust jacket, sunned on all sides with discolouration along top edge. Letter is a bit foxed but in good condition.. 8vo. pp 255. Red/orange illustrated dust jacket. Black boards lettered in gilt at spine. Letter loosely inserted, dated December 1978 from Claire Taschdjian to Marian Babson, Secretary of the Crime Writer's Association, temporarily refusing membership on the grounds that her second novel had just been rejected.ISBN: 0450040259
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- Title
- THE PEKING MAN IS MISSING (WITH LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR TO MARION BABSON)
- Author
- TASCHDJIAN Claire
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair, pages foxed as edges, especially top edge. In fair dust jacket, sunned on all sides with discolouration along top edge. Le
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0450040259
- ISBN 13
- 9780450040252
- Publisher
- New English Library Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- SignedCrime FictionFirst edition
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