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THIRTEEN STEPS DOWN
by Rendell, Ruth
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 038566074X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660747
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
£3.65£3.28
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About This Item
Doubleday. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! ~ Canadian first edition, first printing. Published by Doubleday Canada in 2004. Contains numberline 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Fine condition with no bumps or marks. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Oversize and heavy items may require additional postage.
Synopsis
From the multi-award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler, a chilling new novel about obsession, superstition, and violence, set in Rendell's darkly atmospheric London.Mix Cellini (which he pronounces with an 'S' rather than a 'C') is superstitious about the number 13. In musty old St. Blaise House, where he is the lodger, there are thirteen steps down to the landing below his rooms, which he keeps spick and span. His elderly landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer, was born in St. Blaise House, and lives her life almost exclusively through her library of books, so cannot see the decay and neglect around her.The Notting Hill neighbourhood has changed radically over the last fifty years, and 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious John Christie committed a series of foul murders, has been torn down.Mix is obsessed with the life of Christie and his small library is composed entirely of books on the subject. He has also developed a passion for a beautiful model who lives nearby -- a woman who would not look at him twice.Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long pent-up violence explodes.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Scouts
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- sku520002280
- Title
- THIRTEEN STEPS DOWN
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 038566074X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660747
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 2004
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 0 oz
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You'll find lots of high quality books in all our categories. Mystery, Science Fiction and Fantasy are our specialties, but we've got tonnes of other interesting books - many signed by the author!
We obtain 90% of our SIGNED BOOKS by dealing directly with the authors, and have established relationships with some of the biggest authors in their genres.
We're happy to combine shipping on additional books to help save you money.
If you have any questions, please just let us know!
Thanks!
The Book Scouts (Chris, Sue & Jim)
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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