Blood Acre
by Landesman, Peter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670882070
- ISBN 13
- 9780670882076
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1999. BZ2 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. The words FIRST PUBLISHED and the year appear on the copyright page with a sequence of numbers with the "1" present and with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy black paper covered boards quarter bound in textured red paper with silver lettering on the spine with very minor overal shelf wear with the usual library stamps and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is price clipped plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A story of murder and a portrait of maddened man. The main character is the son and partner of a corrupt and powerful New York criminal lawyer. The shady dealings of the firm have left him sick in body and soul. One night he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his secretary and paramour and over the next 24 hours he seeks redemption while he is tracked by a barrio cop who used to be his best friend. The author is a winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize. By the author of "The Raven." 260p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 6"x8.75". Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW11552
- Title
- Blood Acre
- Author
- Landesman, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670882070
- ISBN 13
- 9780670882076
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Mystery Detective Crime Murder Thriller Literature Literary Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Thrillers: Legal; Fiction: Mystery / Crime Fiction;
- Size
- 6"x8.75"
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