The Old Wine Shades (A Richard Jury Mystery)
by Grimes, Martha
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0670034797
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034796
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking/Random House, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Navy and ivory with red titles on spine, spotless, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Text body also spotless, completely free from any markings, no creases. Unclipped dust jacket with painting by Alan Baker. Jury meets Harry Johnson in the Old Wine Shades--he's a friendly guy and meets Jury regularly after that. He spinsout a story of a good friend of his whose wife and son (and dog) disappeared one day when they were in Surrey. No trace, no clue, nothing to help find out what happened to them. Harry ia a genius, or sounds like it, on quantum mechanics and superstring theory. Jury wonders if he is being would-are htese stories for real? The dog did come back--but how? and from where? When Jury investigaters, all seems to be as Harry described it--until they find the body. 341 pages. 9.6 x 6.5 inches. Viking/Random House, New York, 2006.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011590
- Title
- The Old Wine Shades (A Richard Jury Mystery)
- Author
- Grimes, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670034797
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034796
- Publisher
- Viking/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BRITISH MYSTERY; RICHARD JURY; SCOTLAND YARD;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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