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Hortense Is Abducted, a novel (Translation of: "L'enlivenment d'Hortense")
by Roubaud, Jacques (Story and Afterword by), and Di Bernardi, Dominic (Translated by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in very good dust jacket. Lower jacket spine has pink library tag residue. Otherwise fine jacket. Clean volume w/ library p
- ISBN 10
- 0916583384
- ISBN 13
- 9780916583385
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Elmwood Park IL.: Dalkey Archive Press., 1989. First edition. Stated first. 1st edition.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Lower jacket spine has pink library tag residue. Otherwise fine jacket. Clean volume w/ library pocket, endpaper. Little library use.. 1 Copper cloth over boards. White glossy jacket w/ B&W photo: black cat in leather valise. 229 p. Audience: General/trade. Murder mystery fiction. In this sequel to Roubard's first novel, "Our Beautiful Heroine", and its protagonist, Hortense. The narrator is Chief Inspector Blognard, now married to Hortense. A corpse has been discovered in a local church. Themes of teen girls, popular rock groups, "beeranalysis", comic characters, intrigue.
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- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Mys1050008841
- Title
- Hortense Is Abducted, a novel (Translation of: "L'enlivenment d'Hortense")
- Author
- Roubaud, Jacques (Story and Afterword by), and Di Bernardi, Dominic (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in very good dust jacket. Lower jacket spine has pink library tag residue. Otherwise fine jacket. Clean volume w/ library p
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated first. 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0916583384
- ISBN 13
- 9780916583385
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press.
- Place of Publication
- Elmwood Park IL.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- "Our Beautiful Heroine"|Murder|Themes: teen girls, popular rock groups, "beeranalysis", comic characters, intrigue
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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