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The Canary Thief
by Stacey, Kate
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- GD++/VG
- ISBN 10
- 074993204X
- ISBN 13
- 9780749932046
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK ?AUTHOR SIGNED? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Piatkus* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour-photo covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to corners. Seems un-read. No creases to spine or hinge, lower back corner creased. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations. With authors signature and dedication ?For Louise best wishes Kate Stacey? to title page. No visible faults. Very slight colouration to pages. GD++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 342 pp. text. ii pp. Advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- After an anonymous tip-off brings PC Lawson to an empty house, he discovers a murdered prostitute, a pet rabbit and a rucksack with the name Jacob Palmer on it. The police know Jacob is a young runaway who seems to be behind a spate of stolen canaries, but is he the mysterious caller who alerted the police to the dead woman?s presence? A debut novel with a dark and compulsive plot.* This is a NEAR VG signed copy with minimal shelf wear & light tanning reducing it to GD++*
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 504
- Title
- The Canary Thief
- Author
- Stacey, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - GD++/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 074993204X
- ISBN 13
- 9780749932046
- Publisher
- Piatkus Books
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 352
- This edition first published
- September 28, 2000
- Size
- 19.4 x 8 x 2.6 cm
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About the Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
About Cocksparrow Books
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- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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