Where Serpents Lie
by T. Jefferson Parker (1953- )
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0786862874
- ISBN 13
- 9780786862870
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
432 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. Singed by the author on title. First edition. Terry Naughton, head of Orange County's Crimes Against Youth unit, has come up against his share of heinous criminals, but nothing prepares him for the Horridus. Abducting children from their beds, dressing them like angels and releasing them the next day, the only clue he leaves is a piece of snakeskin tucked into the folds of their gowns. So far he hasn't harmed any of them, but Naughton knows that it's only a matter of time. Condition: Signed by the author on title else a fine copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0609
- Title
- Where Serpents Lie
- Author
- T. Jefferson Parker (1953- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0786862874
- ISBN 13
- 9780786862870
- Publisher
- Hyperiion
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Royal octavo
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...