A is for Alibi Tapa dura - 1986

London: Macmillan. The first Kinsey Millhone crime novel. Ex-library copy. Rebound & slightly trimmed down. Lacks blank front endpaper. Usual stamps but text clean. Uncommon. Useful gap-filler perhaps? . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1982.

London: MacMillan, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of the first UK edition. Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Edges mildly toned. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. .

London: Macmillan, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. page edges tanned otherwise VG+ in VG+ dustjacket

1st UK edition; signed by author. Good hardcover in Good DJ. Clean covers and spine; damp stain at cover and spine tail edge; tightly bound and square in case; damp stain at bottom inner corner of few prelim and terminal leaves; inscribed on title page 'For Kate | with all my | Love | Sue | 10-10-86'; otherwise clean interior with some age darkening along page edges. DJ is complete; clean but showing damp stain spine tail and cover lower inner corners. 8vo (20.5 cm), 191 pp. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore.

London: Macmillan . This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket and with just a touch of light rubbing to base of spine.Not price clipped (£7.95 showing to inner flap) The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.The text block has some tanning and age toning to the page edges and with just a faint outline mark of remnant label to the front endpaper.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The Dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.A decent copy of the Author's first crime novel to feature Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone.8vo 191pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1986] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1986.

London: Macmillan . This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket,that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket and with just a touch of light rubbing to the head of spine.Not price clipped (£7.95 net showing to inner flap) The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.The text block has some tanning and age toning to the page edges as is usual with this book due to the paper quality used in publication.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The Dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.A decent copy of the Author's first crime novel to feature Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone.8vo 191pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1986] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1986.

London: MACMILLAN. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 033341778X . A near fine book with light toning to the page edges as always found with this type of paper. Green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. A little light 'crushing' to the head/tail of the spine from storage, but NO damage. In a near fine d/w that is NOT price clipped, (price shown - £7.95) and only marked as 'near fine' due to one tiny chip (2mm - negligible) to the rear foot of the spine, o/w FINE. The d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks FINE. No inscriptions or marks, plain cream endpapers. 191 pp. The first book in the Kinsey Millhone (Private Investigator) Alphabet Crime Series, which first appeared in the US in 1982, and which series became a great hit for the author who got wonderfully to Y, but sadly died before she could complete Z. See Images. ; The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet… Leer más

London: Macmillan. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition. Inscribed by author. First UK edition. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1986.

MacMillan, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x5x1. Signed by Author. Signed, inscribed and dated by Sue Grafton on title page. Grafton signed with her first name only. First UK edition, published by MacMillan, 1986. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and unmarked. Some toning to pages, as is common with these UK edition. Binding strong. Appears unread, with slight edge wear. A lovely copy in near fine condition. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Additional photos available upon request.

London: MacMillan, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. DATED by the author on 10-10-87. Some very light toning to the pages as usual with this edition. It appears unread.