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No Wind Of Blame (Heinemann Thriller Series)
de Georgette Heyer
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Librería
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Heinemann, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1952. New Edition. 320 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and heavy tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar sunning with soft crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Sinopsis
The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible—no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that may—or may not—be at the heart of the case...PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER:"Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit."Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane...
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- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1714042172MEP
- Título
- No Wind Of Blame (Heinemann Thriller Series)
- Autor
- Georgette Heyer
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
