The Lighthouse
by James, P. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine, 1st edition (1st printing), with unclipped d/j; blue boards and gilt spine titling good; text block firm, pages unmarked.
- ISBN 10
- 0571229182
- ISBN 13
- 9780571229185
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
P. D. James is the author of eighteen previous books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of Great Britain's Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to be in Earnest. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133086
- Title
- The Lighthouse
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, 1st edition (1st printing), with unclipped d/j; blue boards and gilt spine titling good; text block firm, pages unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0571229182
- ISBN 13
- 9780571229185
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 323
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, detective, PDJames
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.64 g
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