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THE GOOSEBERRY FOOL
by McClure, James
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394710592
- ISBN 13
- 9780394710594
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1983. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. The third novel in McClure's highly-praised mystery-suspense series featuring South African homicide detective Tromp Kramer and his Bantu assistant Mickey Zondi, this time investigating the murder of a quiet, pious young civil servant. One page dogeared, o/w text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. The pictorial wrappers show some slight surface and edgewear, no tears or chipping. Collectable.
Synopsis
James McClure (1939-2006) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he worked as a photographer and then a teacher before becoming a crime reporter. He published eight wildly successful books in the Kramer and Zondi series during his lifetime. The first two books in the series, The Steam Pig and The Caterpillar Cop, are available in paperback from Soho Crime.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004442
- Title
- THE GOOSEBERRY FOOL
- Author
- McClure, James
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394710592
- ISBN 13
- 9780394710594
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITON, SOUTH AFRICA, KRAMER & DONDI, SUSPENSE, POLICE PROCEDURAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Crime; Police Procedural;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...