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THE ICE-HOUSE
by Walters, Minette
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312078013
- ISBN 13
- 9780312078010
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4"), green cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with cover art depicting three white-gowned women approaching lighted lofty windows by Thomas Sciacca, 240 pages. 14 oz. Minette Walters (born 1949) is a best-selling major English crime writer. Her first full-length novel, THE ICE-HOUSE (1992) won the Crime Writers' Association John CREASEY AWARD for best first novel. Walters's second novel, The Sculptress, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. Her third novel, The Scold's Bridle, then won the CWA Gold Dagger, giving her a unique treble. <br/><br/>THE ICE-HOUSE is a graceful psychological mystery in which two men disappear and a third turns up as a corpse near an old English manor, even as three reclusive women are suspects.<br/><br/>SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! VERY tight, bright, clean copy in a sharp dj. No remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5811
- Title
- THE ICE-HOUSE
- Author
- Walters, Minette
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312078013
- ISBN 13
- 9780312078010
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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