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A FIRING OFFENSE
by Ignatius, David
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679448608
- ISBN 13
- 9780679448600
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 1997. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. What's the worst mistake a journalist could make? Acclaimed novelist and award-winning journalist David Ignatius has written an authentic news thriller about a reporter who dances too closely with his sources in the CIA. Author of AGENTS OF INNOCENCE. A reporter for a major Washington newspaper, investigating a story about a private trade war involving France, China, and the United States, discovers that a spy is at work in the newroom in this electrifying thriller. Paramount Pictures paid more than a million dollars for the film rights to this spellbinding story. As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] . BB
Synopsis
A Firing Offense is a 1992 crime novel and the debut from author George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on marketing executive Nick Stefanos as he investigates the disappearance of a colleague. It is the first of several Pelecanos novel's to feature the character and the first of a trilogy with Stefanos as the main character. The other books in this series are Nick's Trip and Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1477
- Title
- A FIRING OFFENSE
- Author
- Ignatius, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679448608
- ISBN 13
- 9780679448600
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- JOURNALISTS FICTION NEW YORK N Y STATE WASHINGTON D C ESPIONAGE SUSPENSE THRILLERS Spy
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Los Angeles, California
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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