The Raphael Affair
by Pears, Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED on title page by author, his debut novel and the first Jonathan Argyll art mystery;very good in very good dust jacket, in mylar cover; remainder mark on bottom edge, notations on ffep, minor rubbing/soiling to edges of pageblock and boards, very gentle spine lean, small scar on jacket near top of spine else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; stated first with "A
Synopsis
Iain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian, and a television consultant in England, France, Italy, and the United States. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects, as well as the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost He lives in Oxford, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Kaye Books & Memorabilia
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28850
- Title
- The Raphael Affair
- Author
- Pears, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
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