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Casebook of the Black Widowers.
by Asimov, Isaac
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Published For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First edition of the third book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ken Isaac Asimov 16 Sep 84." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio. Mystery fans, rejoice! Here are twelve mystery stories chronicling the latest cerebral adventures of the Black Widowers. "There are few stories I write that I enjoy as much as I enjoy my Black Widowers" (Isaac Asimov). In the tradition of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, Isaac Asimov has created twelve new mystery masterpieces that are, as he puts it, "very cerebral."
Synopsis
Casebook of the Black Widowers is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1980, and in paperback by the Fawcett Crest imprint of Ballantine Books in March 1981. This book is the third of the six books featuring the Black Widowers.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143074
- Title
- Casebook of the Black Widowers.
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Casebook of the Black Widowers First Edition, Isaac Asimov First Edition Signed
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About Raptis Rare Books
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- New
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- Jacket
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