Hell-Bent for Election by Livingston, Jack - 1988

St Martins Pr. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

309 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Deaf N.Y.C. detective Joe Binney (A Piece of the Silence, etc.) goes south--for an unshapely but mostly absorbing mixture of small-town charm, big-time embezzlement, and hefty gothic secrets. Joe's initial client is a Manhattan publisher--who wants to know why textbook salesman Charlie Welland died in a car wreck down in Caunotaucarius County. . .and what happened to $150,000 worth of missing books. Few of the locals give the Northern shamus a warm welcome, of course; he very nearly becomes a hit-and-run victim. But it isn't long before Joe zeroes in on the slimy local politico who had teamed up with the salesman in a nasty scare (leading to greedy murder). Meanwhile, however, there's been another not-so-accidental death in town: splendid Miss Rutledge, Secretary of Education and village historian, is the sole fatality when a civil building blows… Read More

New York: St Martins Pr, 1987. Book. NF. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. Review copy with slip laid in. Price to FEP, otherwise a A NF copy in a NF dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap..

St Martin's, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. A FINE tight copy in a FINE bright dj!!.

New York: St Martins Press, 1988. A "Joe Binney" mystery; 309pp. Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1988. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD+ WITH 2-INCH LONG TEAR ALONG HINGE BETWEEN SPINE AND FRONT BOARD IN NEAR FINE DJ.

New York: St. Martin's Press, c1988. 1st printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 309p.

New York: St. Martin's Press, c1988. 1st printing. Hardcover. Very good condition, label scrape on endpaper chipped d.j./fair. 309p.

New York: St. Martins Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition. Fine in good dustwrapper. Hardcover is a nice clean copy, almost new. Dustwrapper rubbed at spine ends and corners, sticker shadow on front, tears at top and bottom of front. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

St Martins Pr, 1987-12. Hardcover. Good.