The Pit-Prop Syndicate
by Crofts, Freeman Wills
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140005129
- ISBN 13
- 9780140005127
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Middlesex, England; New York,: Penguin Books,, 1978. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. First published 1922. First Published in Penguin Books, Paperback, in 1965. Reprinted 1978. Paperback in Good Condition. Cover design by Gaye Ellington. Cover illustration by Ron Chereskin. Solid and clean book, light creasing to upper corner of cover, chip to lower edge, binding intact and tight. First pages up to when text begins are lightly creased on upper corner. Pages completely clean, unmarked, no creases, lightly toned. A London wine merchant is motorcycling across the French countryside when a truck passes him. The brass plate on the truck has the words "The Landes Pit-Prop Syndicate No. 4". As he watches the truck pass, he notices one small detail about the truck that will change his life and lead him into a labyrinth of fraud, theft and murder. Meet Inspector French in this enthralling mystery tale. 265 pages. 7 x 4.25" 1978, Penguin Books
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028844
- Title
- The Pit-Prop Syndicate
- Author
- Crofts, Freeman Wills
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140005129
- ISBN 13
- 9780140005127
- Publisher
- Penguin Books,
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex, England; New York,
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Keywords
- CRIME MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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