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A Drink Before the War
by Lehane, Dennis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 015100093X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151000937
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, 1994-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Signed by Author on title page. The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling & toning, in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
A Drink Before the War is the Shamus Award award winning debut novel by Dennis Lehane and was published in 1994. It is the first book in a series focusing on private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPdenWAR
- Title
- A Drink Before the War
- Author
- Lehane, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 015100093X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151000937
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994-01-01
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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