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The Raphael Affair
by Pears, Iain
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0151789126
- ISBN 13
- 9780151789122
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, 1992 Book. As New. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 191 (1) pp. First American Edition, 1992 with complete letter line A B C D E ( First Printing). Not Price Clipped. Small black remainder mark on top text block edge, else, Pristine no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.5". Yellow half-cloth with orange paper-covered boards, and orange lettering to spine. In acetate protector. "Vandalism and murder follow a newly discovered Raphael painting to London, and Bottando decides to investigate with the help of his glamorous assistant, Flavia. By the author of The Discovery of Painting. A first novel.".
Synopsis
Iain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian, and a television consultant in England, France, Italy, and the United States. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects, as well as the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost He lives in Oxford, England.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005672
- Title
- The Raphael Affair
- Author
- Pears, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151789126
- ISBN 13
- 9780151789122
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- LITERATURE bRITISH CRIME WRITER FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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- Letter line
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