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The Tailor of Panama
by le Carr, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (good, a little bumping and marks); blue boards, blue clothbound spine with
- ISBN 10
- 034068478X
- ISBN 13
- 9780340684788
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (good, a little bumping and marks); blue boards, blue clothbound spine with bright gilt spine titling v.g.; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp but a little foxed on edges. Donor's inscription on 2nd fep).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A thriller from the author of OUR GAME in which an old Etonian and spy is on a double mission in Panama to keep an eye on the political maneouverings leading up to the American handover of the Panama Canal and to secure for himself the immense private fortune that has so far eluded him.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132536
- Title
- The Tailor of Panama
- Author
- le Carr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (good, a little bumping and marks); blue boards, blue clothbound spine with
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 034068478X
- ISBN 13
- 9780340684788
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 410
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, espionage, thriller, le Carr, pseudonym
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.76 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Gilt
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- Foxed
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- Edges
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