The Streetbird
by Jan Willem Lincoln "Janwillem" van de Wetering (1931-2008)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399128085
- ISBN 13
- 9780399128080
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
286 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over light blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Sergeant de Gier spots a vulture at the scene of a murder in Amsterdam's red light district. The victim, a despicable and widely hated pimp, is now only a police matter to be disposed of with typical Dutch tidiness. However, once Grijpstra, de Gier and the canny commissaris get involved, their search leads to a denouement infinitely more shocking than the crime itself.
Condition: Head corners bum,ped else near dfine in a like jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1351
- Title
- The Streetbird
- Author
- Jan Willem Lincoln "Janwillem" van de Wetering (1931-2008)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399128085
- ISBN 13
- 9780399128080
- Publisher
- G P Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 286 pages
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
About the Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
About The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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