A CITY OF STRANGERS
by Barnard, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 068419192X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684191928
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Barnard's 23rd book continues his career as a master of the stylish, witty mystery, this time with the infamous Phelan family, well known to police and social services, whose head of household, Jack Phelan, dirty, potbellied, rude and selfish, has won big in the pools and is looking to buy a house in the middle class Wynton Lane neighborhood, whose NIMBY residents plot a strategy to stop Jack, a strategy that may include murder; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minor wear at edges and corners. A collectable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003801
- Title
- A CITY OF STRANGERS
- Author
- Barnard, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 068419192X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684191928
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, ENGLAND, CRIME, SUSPENSE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; England; Satire;
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.