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Devices and Desires
de James, P. D
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, light crease to spine
- ISBN 10
- 0571141781
- ISBN 13
- 9780571141784
- Librería
-
Oakland, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, light crease to spine head, bottom corners barely rubbed, else very good+ in near fine(-) DJ.. Octavo in black DJ; 408 p; 24 cm. Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline.Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career. Fiction.
Sinopsis
Devices and Desires is a 1989 detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It takes place on Larksoken, an isolated headland in Norfolk.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 80930
- Título
- Devices and Desires
- Autor
- James, P. D
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, light crease to spine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition (stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0571141781
- ISBN 13
- 9780571141784
- Editorial
- Faber and Faber
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
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Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
Sobre Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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