THE CORPSE ON THE DIKE
by Van de Wetering, Janwillem
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039524675X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395246757
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fifth novel by Janwillem Van de Wetering (and third in the Grijpstra & De Gier series), whose mystery novels are based on his experiences on the Amsterdam police force. In THE CORPSE ON THE DIKE, a recluse has been shot right between the eyes as he stood looking out of his bedroom window. His neighbor, a schoolteacher who is a pistol shot champion, admits she discovered the body and failed to report it. Is she really guilty of murder? Very fine, first edition, first printing copy in black cloth boards, in very fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [BUND]
Synopsis
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam , The Corpse on the Dike , The Japanese Corpse , and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022050
- Title
- THE CORPSE ON THE DIKE
- Author
- Van de Wetering, Janwillem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039524675X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395246757
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 182
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Product_type
- 2
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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