Hope to Die.
by Block, Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gladestry; Scorpion Press, 2001., 2001. Hard Cover. Number 66 in a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 99 copies only. Octavo, pp [4], xvii, [9], 320. Quarter black morocco with gilt titles to spine and marbled boards, in original plain acetate dust-jacket. A Fine copy in like jacket. Fifteenth in the series featuring Matthew Scudder, with an appreciation of the series by Peter Straub.
Synopsis
E-book extra: "Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block" -- the author offers some snapshots of the hero.Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #15. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6252
- Title
- Hope to Die.
- Author
- Block, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gladestry; Scorpion Press, 2001.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Crime & Criminology
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....