Ratking
by Dibdin, Michael
Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and lost. But from the depths of a mundane desk job in Rome he is unexpectedly transferred to Perugia to take over an explosive kidnapping case involving one of Italy's most powerful families.
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On Aug 17, 2011, Daniel_Baumgartner said
This book was complicated but fun, a sort of Borgia family saga, but I had a problem in the beginning trying to keep Italian names straight, like the spaghetti aisle at the grocery store, so I made a list of all parties! The Aurelio Zen series has been produced for PBS and Ratking and one other book in the series were liberally cribbed and totally plot changed. Once I got over the idea that the TV production bore little resemblance to the book, I enjoyed it for what it was. I hear Michael Dibdin is not loved in Italy his sometimes scathing portrayals of Italian political and police life, and justly so. But that isn't his fault!
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Ratking.
by Dibdin, Michael
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- Used - VG/G. Very good book in good dust jacket with edge wear, several short closed tears and chipping.
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- 1989
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New York: Bantam, 1989. 1st edition. hard cover with dust jacket. VG/G. Very good book in good dust jacket with edge wear, several short closed tears and chipping./Good. 24 cm. Item Price
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Rat King [Aurelio Zen 1]
by Dibdin. Michael
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- 1989
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New York: Bantam Books, 1989 F/F-. 8vo. original black cloth backed boards (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrapper priced $15.95 net (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. [vi (last blank)], 266. A near fine copy. Flatsigned to title page by the author, 'Michael Dibdin'. Ex-libris Colin Steele, though not marked as such, with his photocopy from a bookseller's catalogue, loosely enclosed.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ratking (Signed) "Rat King"
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- 1989
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1989. Signed by the late author on a bookplate tipped in between the front free endpaper and the half-title page. This is the first U.S. edition of the first Aurelio Zen Mystery (recently shown on Masterpiece Mystery Theatre). Winner of the U.K. Golden Dagger Award in the year of publication.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ratking
by Dibdin, Michael
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- 1989
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New York: Bantam, 1989. First printing of the first Aurelio Zen mystery, basis for the BBC series and winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Spine ends gently bumped with a couple of pages corner creased. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges, in new Brodart. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Faber, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Very nice copy of the first Aurelio Zen crime novel, set in Perugia, where the head of a powerful local family has been kidnapped. Item Price
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RATKING
by Dibdin, Michael
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- 1989
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Toronto: Bantam. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 055305337x . Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 9 X 6.30 X 1.20 inches; 266 pages . Item Price
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Ratking
by Michael Dibdin
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- 1989
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Bantam Books , 1989. Book. Very Good +. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some light soil to the edges of the text block, light cover edge wear, some soil to the non- laminated paper covers. uncorrected proof THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL… Read more about this item Item Price
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RATKING.
by Dibdin, Michael.
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New York:: Bantam,, (1989.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. A mystery and novel of psychological suspense introducing Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - Ruth Rendall described this first book as transcending its genre - "tremendously exciting ... both subtle and horrific." SIGNED on the title page, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ratking
by Michael Dibdin
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- 1988
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London: Faber & Faber, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, page edges tanned, VG in VG dustjacket.
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Hardcover. Very Good. UK stocked, available immediately. Hardcover, published by Faber & Faber in 1988. First edition. Light spotting and toning to the text block, the text is unmarked throughout. The unclipped dustjacket is in very good condition, with minor edge rubbing. A nice bright copy. Item Price
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Ratking
by DIBDIN, Michael
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London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); black cloth covered boards titled in white on the spine; dustjacket; 282pp.; pages are slightly toned, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £10.95 net) with light wear only, Fine.
Winner of the Gold Dagger Award. First book in the Aurelio Zen series. "Police Commissioner… Read more about this item Item Price
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by DiBDIN, MICHAEL
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Ratking
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New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First US Edition. Hardcover. 266pp. Cloth backed boards. The first Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen mystery. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a touch of wear to edges. ; Octavo.
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Ratking (Aurelio Zen 01)
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Rat King [Aurelio Zen 1]
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London: Faber & Faber, 1988 VG-/VG+. 8vo. original black boards (ex-library with labels, RSMs etc. to outer leaves only, a little rubbed & bumped, slightly toned & marked, spine a trifle canted) in dustwrapper priced £10.95 net (a little rubbed & nicked); pp. [vi (last blank)], 282. A good copy of the true first edition in a clean jacket. Flatsigned… Read more about this item Item Price
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RATKING.
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New York:: Bantam,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very good dustjacket (short closed tear to back cover, other minor wear, now protected by an archival cover.). First US printing. A mystery and novel of psychological suspense introducing Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - Ruth Rendall described this first book as transcending its genre - "tremendously… Read more about this item Item Price
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RATKING
by DIBDIN Michael
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- Used - Very good, with some yellowing to pages. In good+ unclipped dust jacket, with some light creasing along top edge, a little fadin
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- 1988
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London,, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good, with some yellowing to pages. In good+ unclipped dust jacket, with some light creasing along top edge, a little fading towards spine and a small water mark to verso.. 8vo. pp [vi], 282. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's black buckram lettered in white at spine. First edition.ISBN: 0571151477 Item Price
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Ratking
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Faber, 1988. A very good book with some toning to the page. In a very good unclipped wrapper with a crease to the front flap and one to the front panel. Closed tear to the front corner - some wear and rubbing to the edges. The first Aurelio Zen novel. Item Price
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Ratking
by Dibdin, Michael
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- Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1988
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London: Faber & Faber, 1988. First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Some shelf wear to the jacket, and page block and page edges are tanned. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Item Price
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Ratking
by Dibdin, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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£160.00
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Faber, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine. A first edition, first printing published by Faber in 1988. A fine book in very good+ clipped wrapper with one short closed tear to the front right corner. Item Price
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