A Sleeping Life.
by Rendell, Ruth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Very Good
- Seller
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Ballston Lake, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Important association copy and inscription. From the collection of Lawrence "Larry" Ashmead, important editor with Doubleday, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins. Ashmead was the American editor of Rendell's Doubleday books. First American Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket with slight edge wear, nice copy. Inscription: "Ruth Rendell/ Larry-love from Ruth." Rendell has been showered with awards. She won a Silver Dagger, four Gold Daggers, and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime's Achievement in the Field from Great Britain's Crime Writers Association. She won three Edgars and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She won the Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award for Lifetime Achievement. A Sleeping Life was shortlisted for an Edgar award. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1978.
Synopsis
A Sleeping Life is a crime-novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1978. It features her popular investigator Detective Inspector Wexford, and is the tenth novel in the series. It was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers' Of America Edgar Award, making it one of only two Inspector Wexford novels ever to have been shortlisted for either of the "big two" crime-fiction awards, the Edgar or the CWA Gold Dagger, despite the series' huge commercial popularity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pride and Prejudice-Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019894
- Title
- A Sleeping Life.
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- MYSTERY. NOVEL.
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