WOMEN ON THE CASE; Edited by Sara Paretsky
by Paretsky, Sara, editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385314019
- ISBN 13
- 9780385314015
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by Editor Sara Paretsky and two Authors (Eleanor Taylor Bland & Andrea Smith) to Charles Miner on the title page, small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with four juxtaposed women's faces by Janet Atkinson, 367 pages. Collection of 26 original short stories by female masters of mystery. Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author and two contributors: Eleanor Bland & Andrea Smith.<br /> <br /> Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner. <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL COPY INSCRIBED TRIPLY. Very tight, bright, clean copy in comparable unclipped dust jacket. apart from inscriptions, no previous owner or remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8903
- Title
- WOMEN ON THE CASE; Edited by Sara Paretsky
- Author
- Paretsky, Sara, editor
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385314019
- ISBN 13
- 9780385314015
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Chicago, fire, politics, father, search, death, blacks, racism, corruption, signed, women, short stories; Anderle, Barnes, Barr, Benabourn, Biermann, Bland, Carlson, Cody, Cross, Davis, Dunlap, Fraser, Fyfield, Geason, George, Grant, Jackson, Laurini
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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