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The Crocodile Bird. (SIGNED and Dated 1st UK Edition).
by Rendell Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New in As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0091776368
- ISBN 13
- 9780091776367
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson. As New in As New dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0091776368 . SIGNED and Dated (2. 9. 93) by the AUTHOR. Bought NEW and never read, kept safely stored. FINE Black boards with Bright Gilt titling to the spine. Sharp cornered and very clean. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover. The d/j is NOT price clipped, showing the original price of £14.99. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. This is an UNREAD, Unused, FINE/AS NEW Copy of this Book in a Similar dustjacket. (6) + 298 pp. Page fore-edges white and clean - and all hinges tight. This copy has been Flat SIGNED and Dated (2. 9. 93) by the AUTHOR on the Title Page. NO other Inscriptions or Marks. A Lovely Clean, Fine/As New, unread copy - "Liza is not your average teenager. Sixteen years old, she lives with her mother, Eve, in a secluded gatehouse, which she has never been allowed to leave. There was only enough room for two in their cocoon; intruders entered at their peril, only to mysteriously disappear...." . One of the authors' great 'stand-alone' Mystery/Crime novels. GIFT QUALITY. See Images. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119701
- Title
- The Crocodile Bird. (SIGNED and Dated 1st UK Edition).
- Author
- Rendell Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in As New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0091776368
- ISBN 13
- 9780091776367
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0091776368, The Crocodile Bird By Ruth Rendell (SIGNED 1st UK Edition ), Murder; Crime Fiction. One Of The Authors' Great Stand-alone Mystery / , Crime Novels., Flat SIGNED And Dated (2. 9. 93) By The AUTHOR On The Title Page, Liza Is Not Your Average
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- Fiction;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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