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M is for Malice
by Grafton, Sue (signed)
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0805036377
- ISBN 13
- 9780805036374
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. SIGNED directly on the title page by Sue Grafton with her characteristic black sharpie (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). A gorgeous copy of the first printing. Gift quality. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($25.00). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1996. First printing, with "First Edition" so stated, and complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Bound in the original red boards with a black spine stamped in metallic red. From the dust jacket: "'M' is for money. Lots of it. 'M' is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction. One of the few still in family hands. 'M' is for Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune -- four men with very different outlooks, temperaments, and needs, linked only by blood and money. Eighteen years ago, one of them -- angry, troubled and in trouble -- went missing. 'M' is for Millhone, now hired to trace that missing black sheep brother… And, in brutal consequence, 'M' is for murder, the all-too-common outcome of familial hatreds. 'M' is for malice… and malice kills.". Signed by the Author (her signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by Jaramillo, Raquel (jacket design). 8vo. (xiv), 300pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
13th in the Kinsey Millhone series, "M" is for Malice continues the private eye's journey as she searches for a missing heir, the black sheep of a family who was banished from the family, but not his father's will.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020550
- Title
- M is for Malice
- Author
- Grafton, Sue (signed)
- Illustrator
- Jaramillo, Raquel (jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805036377
- ISBN 13
- 9780805036374
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery / Crime Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo. (xiv), 300pp
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