Buy this book on-line Dunning, John : The Bookman's Wake: A Mystery with Cliff JanewayScribner, New York, 1995
Signed by the author in blue ink on a front flyleaf: "John Dunning, 4-15-95." First Edition. Original publisher's purple paper-covered boards backed with yellow cloth. Red-foil lettering on book spine. Original multicolored pictorial paper dust jacket included. Wrap-around color illustration of a facsimile book on front and back panels and dust jacket spine. Black lettering on multicolored dust jacket spine. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 351 pages, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Corners of the covers are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is likewise virtually pristine and intact. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. No remainder marks. An As New book in an As New dust jacket. The second installment in the Cliff Janeway series, also known as the Bookman series. Cliff Janeway, a Denver-based book dealer and former policeman, tries to hunt down a wanted fugitive and a rare 1969 edition of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Janeway's adventure begins when a former colleague, Clydell Slater, comes to Janeway asking for his help in capturing a female fugitive on the run for burglary and assault. It turns out that this fugitive may have stolen a copy of the rare 1969 edition of The Raven. John Dunning (1942-2023) was an American author. He is perhaps best-known for his crime fiction. Dunning won the Nero Award for his first Cliff Janeway novel, Booked to Die, which was also nominated for the 1993 Anthony Award for "Best Novel.". Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Dunning, John : The Bookman's Wake: A Mystery with Cliff Janeway. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Dunning, John : The Bookman's Wake: A Mystery With Cliff JanewayCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1995 ISBN 0684800039
The second book in the Cliff Janeway series " Cliff Janeway, a book dealer, agrees to collect a woman who has skipped bail in Seattle. But when he arrives, he realizes he's been employed to find a rare edition of "The Raven". He also learns that those who are known to have owned copies of the book have met untimely deaths. , An Edgar Award nominee as Best Novel.. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Dunning, John : The Bookman's Wake: A Mystery With Cliff Janeway. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, livres rares, livres illustrées, out of print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |