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Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, 1989; and others thriller and detective fiction

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NO RESERVE Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few spots to flaps, rubbed with small loss to foot of lower joint, 1989 § Davis (Lindsey) Poseidon's Gold, uncorrected proof, one of 400 copies signed by the author to title, original wrappers, lightly rubbed, 1992 § Rankin (Ian) The Hanging Garden, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, rubbed with slight text loss to upper cover, shelf-lean, 1999 § A Dying Light in Corduba, first edition, signed by the author to title, original cloth, some staining to lower cover, dust-jacket, lightly creased at head, 1996, last two with margins slightly toned; and others thriller and detective fiction, 8vo (c.40)

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Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, 1989; and others thriller and detective fiction

Name: Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, 1989; and others thriller and detective fiction
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