In this crime story, the Boston private eye Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband. The other Spenser novels include "The Godwulf Manuscript", "The Judas Goat" and "Promised Land", which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for 1976.
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In this crime story, the Boston private eye Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband. The other Spenser novels include "The Godwulf Manuscript", "The Judas Goat" and "Promised Land", which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for 1976.
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Used Very Good in Good jacket. This is a marked first edition with full number line or stated edition on copyright page. Signed by the author on title page. Dust Jacket is clean and intact, with light edge and corner wear. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Front and back covers have minor edge or corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage. (mystery, spenser)
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Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) 8vo. 256 pp. SIGNED by Parker on the title page. Tiny light splash bottom edge else this is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the fourteenth novel in the Spenser series. In near fine / near fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Size: 7x5x1; Delacorte Press; New York, 1987. Hardcover. First Printing. Signed by author directly on front free endpaper. Near Fine, deckle fore-edge, tight binding, light foxing to top text block edge, in a Very Good, some yellowing to flaps, light wear/scuff marks, some edge wear, dust wrapper. A nice, clean unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 256pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Parker, Robert B., Delacorte Press, 1987, c1987, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 256 pp, tall 8vo, nicely inscribed & SIGNED by the author on ffep, ISBN: 0385295383, 'A reporter who was prying into the cocaine trade in the central Massachusetts town of Wheaton has been murdered', Collectible signed copy.
This is one of Parker's early works in the Spenser detective series and it proves the developement of the sharp wit and character idiosyncrasies were an ongoing lure of the series. It's to be hoped there are more of these attention holding stories in the works.