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A Ticket to the Boneyard
by Lawrence Block
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688090702
- ISBN 13
- 9780688090708
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
William Morrow, New York, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. LAWRENCE BLOCK. A Ticket to the Boneyard, New York: William Morrow, 1990 Octavo, first edition, pp. 302, brown paper-covered boards quarter-bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, signed on the title page by Block. A Matt Scudder detective tale. Condition of this book: Near fine with touch of foxing at top edge; in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1990s; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0688090702. ISBN/EAN: 9780688090708. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55208. . 9780688090708
Synopsis
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #8. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55208
- Title
- A Ticket to the Boneyard
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688090702
- ISBN 13
- 9780688090708
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Crime Fiction; United States; 1990s; Fiction. Signed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 0688090702 EAN: 9780688090708 Lawrence Block A Ticket to the Boneyard
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
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