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Giotto's Hand
by Pears, Iain
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002325314
- ISBN 13
- 9780002325318
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: Harper Collins, 1994.. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. SIGNED by Pears on the title page. Typical tanning to the text block, else a tight fine unused copy in a fine dust jacket which is now protected by a mylar cover. A Jonathan Argyll mystery.
Synopsis
General Bottando of Rome’s Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermind—dubbed “Giotto”—has been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theory—prompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old woman—is scorned by archrival Corrado Argan, a bureaucrat more interested in politics than policing. Bottando’s right hand, the beautiful Flavia di Stefano, quickly locates a possible culprit—but he’s in England. Since the conniving Argan considers even a trip across town an unnecessary expense for Bottando’s squad, Flavia must rely on her fiancé, Jonathan Argyll. In England on business, he finds the suspect suspiciously dead. That’s a pity—especially for Jonathan. Were he not on the scene—raving about art thefts and coincidences—the police may have ruled that the deceased had a few too many and tripped on a loose stair. Now, Jonathan’s passport has been lifted until Her Majesty’s magistrate is satisfied that he has told all he knows…
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Again, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145
- Title
- Giotto's Hand
- Author
- Pears, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0002325314
- ISBN 13
- 9780002325318
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994.
- Keywords
- Jonathan Argyll
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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