New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385295383 . A signed, stated first printing of the author's thriller, featuring his private investigator character, Spenser. Per the jacket flap, this work is centered around the cocaine trade in central Massachusetts. Signed, in typical Parker fashion, with his initials on half title page. --- In grey paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with titling in gilt on spine. Purplish jacket with cocaine trade imagery on cover and photographic portrait of the author by Jerry Bauer on rear flap. --- With a remainder mark to lower textblock edge, else a clean, bright, newish copy. Unclipped jacket with slight rubbing, else very nice.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (8), 256 pages; Signed by Author .

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Pale Kings and Princes is a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is taken from John Keats's poem La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad. Following the murder of a reporter, Spenser is hired by a newspaper to investigate drug smuggling around the area of Wheaton, Massachusetts. There he encounters many troubles, including the death of a policeman and his son. Spenser, with the help of his friend Hawk, eventually secures the downfall of the local cartel.

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 81925
Title: Pale Kings and Princes: A Spenser Novel
Author: PARKER, Robert B
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385295383
ISBN 13: 9780385295383
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: 0385295383

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