The Consul's Wife Tapa dura - 1998

New York: Henry Holt and Co. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805044256 . 0805044256. .

Henry Holt & Company, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Henry Holt & Company., 1998. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1 Paper over boards. 216 p. Audience: General/trade. Fiction set in the Congo, Africa: A 1960s foreign service officer must cope with his embassy's ineptitude and shallow-thinking bureaucrats while sorting out the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions in the nearby timeless wilderness. Add petty dictators, CIA operatives, a sorcerer, a Vietnam build-up across the globe, and thankfully, romance.

Henry Holt & Co, 1998-01. Hardcover. Good.

New York, New York USA: Henry Holt & Co, 1998. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. Burgundy quarter cloth with silver titles, with grey boards. Very clean, unmarked, tight & solid. Protagonist Hugh Mathews is a young foreign service officer in the Congo, coping with his embassy's ineptitude and its shalllow-thinking bureaucrats and has to come to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions living in the all but impenetrable wilderness surrounding the capital. Characters abound, featuring petty dictators, CIA operatives and a sorcerer who summons lightning from the sky--all set against the era of America's increasing involement in Vietnam a half a world away. It is also a love story. 216 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1998.

U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co (P), 1998. very good hardcover with dust jacket. Some minor wear. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, January 1998. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), second printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Light rubbing and edgewear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 216 pages. A novel of Cold War geopolitics and romance involves a young foreign service officer stationed in Congo who must grapple with inept Western bureaucrats and feuding tribes.

New York, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 216 pages, maroon and gray boards. Publisher's review slips laid in. A fine, clean, hardcover first edition, first printing, with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with original price.

Henry Holt & Co, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!