The Bernini Bust
by PEARS, Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1992. 8vo, pp. 192. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third of seven detective novels by the art historian Iain Pears, featuring the art historian sleuth Jonathan Argyll. A fine copy, with the author's signature to the title page hastily applied and bordering on the abstract.
Synopsis
Iain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian, and a television consultant in England, France, Italy, and the United States. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects, as well as the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost He lives in Oxford, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4524
- Title
- The Bernini Bust
- Author
- PEARS, Iain
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Gollancz, 1992
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Crime
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