SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Hutchinson.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases to spine, hinge & front cover. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 248 pp. text.* Product Description:- Nine short stories and two novellas dealing with a variety of themes, some macabre, some vengeful, some mysterious, but all observed with Ruth Rendell's unique precision. Ruth Rendell continues to be a passionate supporter of the short story. Her latest collection, "Piranha to Scurfy" and Other Stories, contains quite her most varied forays into the form yet, with a beguilingly disparate selection of tales, united by the usual cold-eyed Rendell narrative voice.* This is a VG copy of the 1st. edition, 2nd impression, with minimal shelf & reading wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2552
Title: Piranha To Scurfy UK Airport / Europe
Author: Rendell, Ruth
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, thus, 2nd. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0091793831
ISBN 13: 9780091793838
Publisher: Hutchinson
Place of Publication: London UK 256
Date Published: 2000-09-07
Size: 23 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm

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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...
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