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WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
by Rathbone, Julian
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394532813
- ISBN 13
- 9780394532813
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1983. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Rathbone's third mystery-thriller featuring Police Commissioner Jan Argand of the fictional European country of Brabt, who, as head of Brabt's internal affairs office, investigates complaints against the police and discovers a series of cases of police brutality, racism and gay harassment that deepens to become a government-wide conspiracy. Text is clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing only minimal surface and edgewear. A thinking man's thriller by a currently under-appreciated writer.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002652
- Title
- WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
- Author
- Rathbone, Julian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0394532813
- ISBN 13
- 9780394532813
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, THRILLER, FIRST EDITION, EUROPE, TERRORISM, HOMOPHOBIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; Police Procedural; Europe;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.