Buy this book on-line PARETSKY, SARA: : KILLING ORDERSLONDON.GOLLANCZ,1986. ISBN 0575037547.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,distinctive Gollancz yellow background dw/dj,with red+black lettered front panel,red+black lettered spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocall creasing to both head+foot of same,and red+black lettered publisher's advert for other assorted authors' published titles to rear panel - all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tears or splits present. Top edges bright without ageing/toning but minimal,sporadic,faint dust flecks,fore-edges similar but without dust flecks or foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,9-233pp [paginated] includes XXVIII (28) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,the title page with red ink oval stamp with a crown above and printed 'SUPPLIED FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE' within the oval,a dedication with acknowledgements to verso,and a contents list/table with a blank verso.
Author's 3rd book/title featuring V.I. Warshawski,the tough,female Chicago private eye and heroine of INDEMNITY and DEADLOCK.Another scarce title from this series and publisher.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness.the tough Chicago private eye and heroine of INDEMNITY and DEADLOCK.
Paretsky dedicated the first novel in her V. I. Warshawski private-eye series to Kaminsky.One of America's most prolific mystery writers,Stuart M. Kaminsky inspired many other writers in the genre,including fellow Chicagoan Sarah Paretsky.
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