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Abattoir Blues (aka In the Dark Places), [Signed First Printing]
by Robinson, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771076428
- ISBN 13
- 9780771076428
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2014. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 367 pages. True First Edition/First Printing preceding the US and UK editions. SIGNED by author on title page. The twenty-third Inspector Banks novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.
Synopsis
PETER ROBINSON grew up in the United Kingdom, and now divides his time between Toronto and Richmond, Yorkshire. Abattoir Blues is the twenty-second book in the DCI Banks series. He has also written two collections of short stories, and three standalone novels, the most recent of which is the bestseller Before the Poison , winner of the Arthur Ellis Award in Canada, Sweden's Golden Crowbar Award, and the 2013 Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Robinson's critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. Several Inspector Banks novels have been adapted for television by ITV and have appeared on PBS. Visit www.inspectorbanks.com.
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- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005606
- Title
- Abattoir Blues (aka In the Dark Places), [Signed First Printing]
- Author
- Robinson, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771076428
- ISBN 13
- 9780771076428
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery & Crime
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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