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A Taste for Death
by James, P. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0571137997
- ISBN 13
- 9780571137992
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London & Boston: Faber and Faber. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0571137997 . London & Boston: Faber and Faber, (1986). First Edition, Second Printing. 8vo. 454pp. Black cloth, spine letters silver. Fine condition in fine dj. ISBN 0571137997; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 454 pages .
Synopsis
An Adam Dalgliesh MysteryTwo men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, thier throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently-resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8787
- Title
- A Taste for Death
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0571137997
- ISBN 13
- 9780571137992
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London & Boston
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0571137997, Mysteries, Literature, English Literature
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
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