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Sometimes They Bite
by Lawrence Block
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0877954852
- ISBN 13
- 9780877954859
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Arbor House, New York, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Inscribed by Author. LAWRENCE BLOCK. Sometimes They Bite, New York: Arbor House, 1983. Octavo, first edition, pp. 283, green paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, inscribed on the title page by Block: "The only thing funnier than how things don't work out is how they do." 18 short stories Condition of this book Chip at bottom of dust jacket near spine, all else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1980s; Fiction. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0877954852. ISBN/EAN: 9780877954859. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55351. . 9780877954859
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55351
- Title
- Sometimes They Bite
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877954852
- ISBN 13
- 9780877954859
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Crime Fiction; United States; 1980s; Fiction. Inscribed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 0877954852 EAN: 9780877954859 Lawrence Block Sometimes They Bite
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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