DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER.
by Farmer, Bernard J. (1902-1964) ; introduction by Martin Edwards
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- ISBN 10
- 1728267722
- ISBN 13
- 9781728267722
- Seller
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About This Item
Naperville, IL:: Poisoned Pen Press in association with the British Library,, (2023). SIGNED -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First thus, a trade paperback. A reprint of this bibliomystery originally published in 1956, the 100th volume in the British Library Crime Classics series. Sergeant Wiggin has become friends with an antiquarian bookseller - a "runner" who picks up whatever he can find - and at the same time becomes interested in learning about book collecting himself. But then one night when he goes over to show him the Lord Dunsany book he had found, Wiggin finds Fisk dead - stabbed in the chest. This edition includes a new introduction by award-winning crime fiction writer Martin Edwards. SIGNED by Edwards on the title page. 265 pp plus 10 pp of publisher's ads.
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- Title
- DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER.
- Author
- Farmer, Bernard J. (1902-1964) ; introduction by Martin Edwards
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- ISBN 10
- 1728267722
- ISBN 13
- 9781728267722
- Publisher
- Poisoned Pen Press in association with the British Library,
- Place of Publication
- Naperville, IL:
- Date Published
- (2023)
- Keywords
- classic crime,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliomystery and crime fiction;
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