An Expensive Place to Die
by Deighton, Len
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 142 mm), 252 pages, in quarter cloth over boards, gold titles to spine. With the dust jacket and the scarce "In Transit Docket."
Strange things take place in a Paris brothel, involving not only sex but also....nuclear weapons. The book includes the top secret "In Transit Docket," which lays out a U.S. plot against the Chinese. A typically fast-paced Deighton thriller.
CONDITION: Small closed tear in pages 29-30, a couple of small stains on the fore edge, some fading to the titles on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped with slight offsetting from the red end papers onto the front flap, a bit of rubbing to the top of the front and rear panels. "Transit Docket" is Fine, Overall, a Very Good copy.
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 142 mm), 252 pages, in quarter cloth over boards, gold titles to spine. With the dust jacket and the scarce "In Transit Docket."
Strange things take place in a Paris brothel, involving not only sex but also....nuclear weapons. The book includes the top secret "In Transit Docket," which lays out a U.S. plot against the Chinese. A typically fast-paced Deighton thriller.
CONDITION: Small closed tear in pages 29-30, a couple of small stains on the fore edge, some fading to the titles on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped with slight offsetting from the red end papers onto the front flap, a bit of rubbing to the top of the front and rear panels. "Transit Docket" is Fine, Overall, a Very Good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104
- Title
- An Expensive Place to Die
- Author
- Deighton, Len
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Espionage; Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage;
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