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The Hotel Detective: An Inn-sideTale of Murder
by Russell, Alan
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 089296538X
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965380
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Boards. As New/As New. Octavo. New York: The Mysterious Press (Time-Warner), 1994. First printing of the first edition. New; pristine. In protective mylar. Flat signed by author Russell on the title page. Octavo, illustrated jacket by Tom Nikosey, russet and green boards with copper spine imprinting, russet endpapers, 340 pp. Hailed as "the most dangerous" comic mystery writer since Donald E. Westlake and Carl Hiassen, Russell, in this title and the following "The Fat Innkeeper", introduces Am Caulfield, a "wry and sly hotel detective with a decidedly offbeat approach to his job." The Hotel Detective, reportedly produced in the number of only 8,500 copies in this true first edition, is the first appearance of Caulfield. L-41n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000572
- Title
- The Hotel Detective: An Inn-sideTale of Murder
- Author
- Russell, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 089296538X
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965380
- Publisher
- The Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 340
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- mystery, Detective, Murder, first Edition, Signed Popular, General, Great Detectives, Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Private Detective, Comedy & Parody
- Bookseller catalogs
- Detective / Mystery / Murder;
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Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Octavo
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- SL.
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