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The Listener
by John Gill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good to fine/very good to fine
- ISBN 10
- 0812814754
- ISBN 13
- 9780812814750
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
212 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt lettering to spine over gold boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
The Collector, The Conversation and now an even deeper plunge into the dark abyss of twisted desire-The Listener. Denis was a man who derived his pleasure from listening to sexual intecourse over a tape recorder. Louise was a woman who willingly allowed her amorous activities to be taped. Corder was a handsome, virile lover who became a vital part of both their secret lives. Together these three formed the most diabolical triangle that a novel has ever put together and torn apart.
Condition: Heal point gently bumped. Jacket with spine ends lightly rubbed else very good to fine in like jacket.
The Collector, The Conversation and now an even deeper plunge into the dark abyss of twisted desire-The Listener. Denis was a man who derived his pleasure from listening to sexual intecourse over a tape recorder. Louise was a woman who willingly allowed her amorous activities to be taped. Corder was a handsome, virile lover who became a vital part of both their secret lives. Together these three formed the most diabolical triangle that a novel has ever put together and torn apart.
Condition: Heal point gently bumped. Jacket with spine ends lightly rubbed else very good to fine in like jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1309
- Title
- The Listener
- Author
- John Gill
- Book Condition
- Used - very good to fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good to fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0812814754
- ISBN 13
- 9780812814750
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 212 pages
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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