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"A" is for Alibi (Signed)
by GRAFTON, Sue
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 0805013342
- ISBN 13
- 9780805013344
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. Bound in gray boards, stamped in red in matching noir-style dust jacket. A slight bit of wear to edges, but overall, a tight, clean copy of the first edition of the first Kinsey Millhone mystery. Signed on the title page by Ms. Grafton. 275 pp. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.
Synopsis
"A" Is for Alibi is the first novel in the Kinsey Millhone series by crime writer Sue Grafton. It was published in 1982. The first printing of "A" Is for Alibi was 7,500 copies. Grafton based the story to some extent on her own 'fantasies' of murdering her then husband prior to divorce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5002292
- Title
- "A" is for Alibi (Signed)
- Author
- GRAFTON, Sue
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805013342
- ISBN 13
- 9780805013344
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, Book 1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Mystery; Addbooks03;
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