Dead End; A Bill Slider Mystery
by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316909815
- ISBN 13
- 9780316909815
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, London, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Mauve coloured endpapers. Maroon coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Softening of the backstrip and age toning of the text block edges and internal pages. Photographic dustwrapper with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and to the dustwrapper panels. In this novel Detective Inspector Bill Slider is called out to investigate the death of a well-known conductor  Sir Stefan Radek. Unfortunately, the deceased was ".. seriously famous and terminally unpleasant." -- from the front fold over panel blurb, and the list of suspects was anybody who ever knew Sir Stefan. Then to complicate matters, the Detective Inspector's lost love was a witness to the murder presenting him with the whole raft of personal complications. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 234 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0316909815. ISBN/EAN: 9780316909815. Inventory No: 0112953. . 9780316909815
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112953
- Title
- Dead End; A Bill Slider Mystery
- Author
- Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316909815
- ISBN 13
- 9780316909815
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Crime Fiction, Detective Inspector Bill Slider, music, Shepherd's Bush Crime Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 0316909815 EAN: 9780316909815 Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia Dead End; A Bill Slider Mystery
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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