The Corpse on the Dike
by van De Wetering, Janwillem
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039524675X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395246757
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-395-24675-X. Very outer edges of black boards slightly faded; dj is lightly yellowed, scuffed, with mild chipping at h ead, heel of spine, corners. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
Synopsis
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam , The Corpse on the Dike , The Japanese Corpse , and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliomania Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1762
- Title
- The Corpse on the Dike
- Author
- van De Wetering, Janwillem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039524675X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395246757
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- FICTION 0-395-24675-X
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...