Puzzles of the Black Widowers
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385262647
- ISBN 13
- 9780385262644
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1989. first. Hardcover. good/Very Good. James Steinberg. First edition. Former library item, expected imperfections: card pocket on front free end paper, stamps on title page, etc. Very good dust jacket - no library markings, and price intact; now in new removable protective cover. Amber boards, quarter bound in black cloth with gilt titles. Doubleday hard cover with dust jacket, first US edition, first printing Jan. 1990; ISBN: 9780385262644. 253 pages, cover art by James Steinberg. 8vo (8.5 X 5.5"") 1st edition was a Doubleday UK hardcover published a week before this US edition. This is the 5th Black Widowers volume and the last complete volume of new stories. The 6th volume, The Return of the Black Widowers, was posthumously published, and had only 6 new stories. It was completed with reprints and tributes.
Synopsis
Puzzles of the Black Widowers is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1990, and in paperback by Bantam Books in 1991. This book is the fifth of the six books featuring the Black Widowers.
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040123119780385262644cgr
- Title
- Puzzles of the Black Widowers
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Illustrator
- James Steinberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- ISBN 10
- 0385262647
- ISBN 13
- 9780385262644
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- black widowers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
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