The Parting Tapa dura - 1992

London: The Crime Club, 1992. First Edition. Red Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. No Illustrations. 192pp. A very good first edition. Light bumps to the head & tail of the spine. A couple of slight soiling marks to the fore-edges. Clean & tight. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped. Light shelf wear. Slight rubbing to a coupe of corners. No niks or tears. A very good copy.

LONDON.COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1992.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour, photographic upper wrap,white with black letters publisher advert to rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to dw/dj edges - no nicks or tears present.Top edge very lightly dust-soiled,fore-edge clean, contents bright,tight and pristine.Immaculate plain red paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-192pp. On the spring day when Owen Burgess left his television producer,he was full of optimism.Shortly he was to meet a wealthy Texan who was an avid secret collector of fine art.If Burgess played it right he could see a lifelong ambition realized while also indulging in an overdue act of revenge.In addition there was the provoking memory of Sally Trent,a prospective employee for the Gallery he ran with his partner.His immediate attraction to her confirmed that he… Leer más