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[Signed 1st] Winding Up the Serpent
by Masters, Priscilla [Peter Lovesey]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0333640721
- ISBN 13
- 9780333640722
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Tan colored cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. 196, with "First published 1995 by Macmillan" and numberline starting with "1" on the copyright page. Inscribed and signed two times by the author on the title page, once under her printed name "Priscilla Masters." and then "To Jax and Peter with / regard and affection. / 'Cilla X.". Also inscribed by British crime author Peter Lovesey "A gift from my friend, Priscilla Masters / Peter Lovesey." Peter Lovesey wrote the jacket blurb for this title (Masters' first mystery) and has won both the Gold Dagger and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Awards for his work. An interesting association between two well know mystery writers, one at the very beginning of their carreer, the other aproaching the end.
Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1725
- Title
- [Signed 1st] Winding Up the Serpent
- Author
- Masters, Priscilla [Peter Lovesey]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0333640721
- ISBN 13
- 9780333640722
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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