Tap City
by Ron Abel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Better than Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316002003
- ISBN 13
- 9780316002004
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
274 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
A varied collection of characters from all walks of life meet for a three-day poker tournament in Reno and get more than they gambled on.
Condition: Jacket price clipped else near fine in a better than very good jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1425
- Title
- Tap City
- Author
- Ron Abel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Better than Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316002003
- ISBN 13
- 9780316002004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Toronto
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 274 pages
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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