The Burglar in the Library

Block, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 1874061815 / ISBN 13: 9781874061816

Published by No Exit Press, London, 1997

About this Item

First printing of the first British edition, first issue with spelling error at first sentence of first page; green cloth boards with red-ribbon-marker bound in. Signed by Lawrence Block directly on the title-page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a light crease to bottom corner of inside front flap, else fine.

Seller Inventory # 023474

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Burglar in the Library
• Publisher: No Exit Press, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874061815
• ISBN 13: 9781874061816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Athena Gassoumis (Author photo); Alan Forester
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery
  • Signed First Editions
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a New York kind of guy, an urbane antiquarian bookseller who moonlights as a buttoned down burglar. Until a rare Raymond Chandler novel lures him and his buddy into Agatha Christie country, and you know what that means. A classic English country house. A guest list awash in eccentricity. And the snow keeps falling. The bridge is out. The phone lines are cut. And, one by one, somebody's killing off the guests. And...shh! There's a burglar in the library! 'Wonderfully detailed and inspired writing' - The Guardian

About the Author

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association--only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.