Bernie Rhodenbarr is a New York kind of guy, an urbane antiquarian bookseller who moonlights as a buttoned down burglar. Until a rare Raymond Chandler novel lures him and his buddy into Agatha Christie country, and you know what that means. A classic English country house. A guest list awash in eccentricity. And the snow keeps falling. The bridge is out. The phone lines are cut. And, one by one, somebody's killing off the guests. And...shh! There's a burglar in the library! 'Wonderfully detailed and inspired writing' - The ...
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Bernie Rhodenbarr is a New York kind of guy, an urbane antiquarian bookseller who moonlights as a buttoned down burglar. Until a rare Raymond Chandler novel lures him and his buddy into Agatha Christie country, and you know what that means. A classic English country house. A guest list awash in eccentricity. And the snow keeps falling. The bridge is out. The phone lines are cut. And, one by one, somebody's killing off the guests. And...shh! There's a burglar in the library! 'Wonderfully detailed and inspired writing' - The Guardian
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. First Edition, First Printing with "settle" instead of "settled" on page one. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition. Green cloth boards. Has a good binding, no marks or notations.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Multi Award Winning, Grand Master Mystery Author Lawrence Block on the Title page. 352 p. Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a tight copy, which was bought new and never read. First British Publication with a full number line ending with a 1. This edition precedes the American Edition and is the copy with the typo on page one line two ('settle' instead of 'settled'). Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Multi Award Winning, Grand Master Mystery Author during the dedication event for the Bernie Rhodenbarr Memorial Bench in Bryant Park, New York City. An event notice will be included. "The Burglar in the Library" is Book #8 in Lawrence Block's "Bernie Rhodenbarr Series" and centers on princely burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr's desire for a romantic weekend in the Berkshires. Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
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Fine. 1874061815. Precedes the American edition. One of fewer than 100 copies which were misbound by the printer using the sheets supplied by the Scorpion Press for their extra limited edition of the same book. This copy has the James Sallis appreciation which only appears in the Scorpion Press limited. Close to fine in dj. (Mild rubbed spot on front pastedown)
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) NO EXIT PRESS 1997. HARDCOVER. TRUE FIRST EDITION WITH SPELLING ERROR ON THE FIRST PAGE. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
