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When the government searches for a retired intelligence agent who has assumed a completely new identity, the lives of the only people who have seen his new face are thrown in jeopardy
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- PublisherW.H. Allen / Virgin Books
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0491028814
- ISBN 13 9780491028813
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages272
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The Spy
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. 1st British edition. Light wear to boards. Content has age toned pages. Good DJ with some edge wear and is price clipped. Seller Inventory # 9999-9992334446
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The Spy
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W.H. Allen / Virgin Books, 1980
ISBN 10: 0491028814
ISBN 13: 9780491028813
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Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # 1113R852266
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THE SPY
Published by
W. H. Allen, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0491028814
ISBN 13: 9780491028813
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. ***Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. Spine tight. In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £4.95. Extremities of dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased and nicked, but no tears. Front cover, spine and back panel bright. ***272 pages. 224 mm x 142 mm. ***'It was a strange New Year's eve celebration. there were just the five of them, all patients in a small private New York hospital that dealt exclusively with plastic surgery. A bizarre collection of people drinking champagne and wearing party hats with an assortment of bandages, swellings and stitches on their faces. ***Pamela Bailey - a beautiful, but ageing executive, who hopes cosmetic surgery will rejuvenate her career and her sexuality. David Tomschin - a young writer whose face was mutilated in a car crash. Lilly Maraine - an aspiring actress who has had her nose made smaller and her breasts made larger. Hank Ryan - an ex-boxer who has had sixteen years of left-hooks removed from his bruised and battered face. And finally Richard Burke - an ex US Intelligence agent, who has been given a new face and a new identity to save his life. ***But Burke is unable to escape his past - and there are certain people who want to track him down. The link with the new Burke and the old are the other four patients he shared New Year with, and one by one they become involved in a violent plot - the repercussions of which could have a devastating effect. ***The suspense starts building on the first page and is held to the very last in this action-packed thriller which will undoubtedly prove to be one of the most exciting experiences of the year.' (Quote from inside front jacket blurb) ***'A moving, searing, brilliant novel --- Every reader of important literature will feel it's a must' - West Coast Review of Books [about 'The Artist]. (Review quote from back of jacket blurb). ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 2118
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The Spy
Published by
W. H. Allen, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0491028814
ISBN 13: 9780491028813
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First Edition
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. library marks endpapers, slight moisture staining top edge, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, library sticker spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. Seller Inventory # 011043
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The Spy
Published by
W.H.Allen, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0491028814
ISBN 13: 9780491028813
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First Edition
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine first edition in a fine unclipped jacket. Book is clean throughout but does show minor age toning. Jacket has a small 1/4 inch tear to back panel at top of spine otherwise clean and fresh. Shipped in a Brodart cover . Seller Inventory # 001294
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The Spy
Published by
W.H. Allen, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0491028814
ISBN 13: 9780491028813
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First Edition
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of this stand alone suspense / thriller novel. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition. Seller Inventory # 26505
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