Drover and the Zebras: The New Drover Novel
by Bill Granger (1941-2012)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good to fine/Very Good to fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688098576
- ISBN 13
- 9780688098575
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
252 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over purple boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
There is never a dull moment, exclaimed The Houston Post about Granger's Drover series. In Drover and the Zebras, Jimmy Drover returns to Chicago to watch his alma mater play college basketball and finds a scandal involving everything from recruiting violations and game-fixing to murder.
Condition: Jacket rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends else very good to fine in like jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1442
- Title
- Drover and the Zebras: The New Drover Novel
- Author
- Bill Granger (1941-2012)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good to fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688098576
- ISBN 13
- 9780688098575
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 252 pages
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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