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East Is East
by LATHEN, EMMA
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671737074
- ISBN 13
- 9780671737078
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1991. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Simon & Schuster. 1991. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Banker Detective John Putnam Thatcher tackles inscrutable business practices, mayhem, and murder in the "Land of the Rising Sun". Binding of burgundy cloth with gilt titles on spine, paler burgundy or dark pink boards. Very clean. tight & solid volume with slight forward lean to spine. Top edge of text block is spotty. Front endpaper is clipped at top edge, (possibly to remove a signature?). Otherwise pages quite clean and unmarked. 268 pages. 9" x 5.5" inches. 1991, Simon & Schuster, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027542
- Title
- East Is East
- Author
- LATHEN, EMMA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0671737074
- ISBN 13
- 9780671737078
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- MYSTERY DETECTIVES JOHN PUTNAM THATCHER, FICTITIOUS DETECTIVE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Gilt
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