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Knots & Crosses
by Rankin, Ian
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0752886223
- ISBN 13
- 9780752886220
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Orion Books Limited. Fine. 2007. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hard Cover. 0752886223 . SIGNED 20th Anniversary Edition. Limited to 1500 copies. This is number 1179. ; The book is As New, tight, clean and crisp. With a faint hint of shelf wear to the slipcase. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. In excellent condition. ; 8vo; 240 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Knots and Crosses is a 1987 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the first of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was written while Rankin was a postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. In the introduction to this novel, Rankin states that Rebus lives directly opposite the window in Marchmont that he looked out of while writing the book.
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- Seller
- Eliabooks
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31556
- Title
- Knots & Crosses
- Author
- Rankin, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0752886223
- ISBN 13
- 9780752886220
- Publisher
- Orion Books Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 0752886223
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Shelf Wear
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- Crisp
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- Remainder Mark
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- New
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- First Edition
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