Pale Kings and Princes
by Parker, Robert B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385295383
- ISBN 13
- 9780385295383
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Parker on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($26.95). Quarter blue buckram with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The 14th Spenser novel, adapted into a Lifetime movie.
Synopsis
Pale Kings and Princes is a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is taken from John Keats's poem La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad. Following the murder of a reporter, Spenser is hired by a newspaper to investigate drug smuggling around the area of Wheaton, Massachusetts. There he encounters many troubles, including the death of a policeman and his son. Spenser, with the help of his friend Hawk, eventually secures the downfall of the local cartel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6745
- Title
- Pale Kings and Princes
- Author
- Parker, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385295383
- ISBN 13
- 9780385295383
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Contemporary Fiction, Thriller, Nature, Suspense
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Buckram
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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