MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE TAKES THE CURE: A GASTRONOMIC MYSTERY
by Bond, Michael
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Bond is much better known for his books for children, especially his Paddington Bear series, but as a change of pace, perhaps, he is also the author of an adult mystery series featuring Aristide Pamplemousse, premier undercover operative for "Le Guide," France's prestigious restaurant rating guide. In this, the fourth book in the series, Pamplemousse, under orders from his boss to lose weight or else, begins an investigation of the exclusive Chateau Morgue health spa with help from his dog, Pommes Frites, and immediately finds himself up to his palate in unexplained fatalities, orgies, blackmail and worse. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. A very slight spine lean, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, binding is tight, book is not remaindered. The dust jacket shows just a touch of surface and edge wear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.
Synopsis
Dr. Frank Kowsky.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005444
- Title
- MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE TAKES THE CURE: A GASTRONOMIC MYSTERY
- Author
- Bond, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- FRANCE, MYSTERY, FOOD, POMMES FRITES, RESTAURANTS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Europe; Cozy Mystery;
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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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