Watching Detectives by Rathbone Julian (23 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. The dustjacket is a bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- (The third book in the Inspector Jan Argand series) --- In Brabt, the trains run on time and the bags you lose end up at the lost-and-found. Suddenly, the clockwork state is interrupted - by police brutality and terrorist violence. Headlines and news bulletins put the blame on 'left-wing violence committed to the overthrow of the state'. Commissioner Jan Argand agrees, until an anti-nuclear demonstration turns into a near massacre and Argand himself narrowly escapes an attempt on his life. . . . .Julian Rathbone is a highly original artist who uses the thriller form to comment on the increasing violence and absurdity of the post-industrial world we live in. --- (The Literary Review.). . .

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. stated first edition. mylar protecting dust jacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. First U.S. Edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Nice!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex library with stamps, dust jacket covered w/ mylar, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. 1st American edition. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Book is clean, straight and tight.; Commissioner Jan Argand of Brabt, head of the internal investigations unit of the police, uncovers a series of disturbing cases of police corruption unexpectedly interwoven with political dissent. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 232 pages Near Fine Jacket has minor shelf wear and front flap crease.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. Rathbone's third mystery-thriller featuring Police Commissioner Jan Argand of the fictional European country of Brabt, who, as head of Brabt's internal affairs office, investigates complaints against the police and discovers a series of cases of police brutality, racism and gay harassment that deepens to become a government-wide conspiracy. Text is clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing only minimal surface and edgewear. A thinking man's thriller by a currently under-appreciated writer.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing of this novel. In near fine / near fine condition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1984. February 1984. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394532813. 232 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Susannah Kelly. keywords: Mystery England. DESCRIPTION - Commissioner Jan Argond of Brabt, whose integrity has so often embarrassed his superiors, now heads the Bureau of Advice and Investigation, set up to handle complaints against the police themselves. His initial inquiries uncover a series of disturbing cases of police brutality, racism, and harassment of homosexuals. Mysteriously though, many of the complaints are withdrawn, and Argand gradually realizes that suspicions he had originally dismissed as products of his own paranoia point to a depth of governmental deception almost too bitter for him to accept. The plot widens to include an extreme left-wing group that may harbor terrorists; a vast antinuclear demonstration that turns into a near massacre when State Troopers move in; the murder of one of Argand's own team; and an attempt on the life of Argand himself. WATCHING THE DETECTIVES is a highly topical and possibly prophetic novel. Interweaving the most urgent political concerns of Europe and the United States with his usual skill and convincing subtlety, Rathbone has written a gripping story of a nation's, and an individual's, response to a potently unexpected threat. This is a distinguished successor to Rathbone's two previous Argand novels, the EURO-KILLERS and BASE CASE. inventory #3379.

Paperback. very good paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: NF. 1st American Edition. Stated First American Edition. A near fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The dust jac ket has a 1/2" tear at the rear panel's lower edge. Mild dust soiling to the panel.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A VERY FINE tight copy in a VERY FINE bright dj , 1st Edition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London. 1983. Michael Joseph. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0718122496. 232 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Chris Yates. keywords: Mystery England. DESCRIPTION - Commissioner Jan Argond of Brabt, whose integrity has so often embarrassed his superiors, now heads the Bureau of Advice and Investigation, set up to handle complaints against the police themselves. His initial inquiries uncover a series of disturbing cases of police brutality, racism, and harassment of homosexuals. Mysteriously though, many of the complaints are withdrawn, and Argand gradually realizes that suspicions he had originally dismissed as products of his own paranoia point to a depth of governmental deception almost too bitter for him to accept. The plot widens to include an extreme left-wing group that may harbor terrorists; a vast antinuclear demonstration that turns into a near massacre when State Troopers move in; the murder of one of Argand's own team; and an attempt on the life of Argand himself. WATCHING THE DETECTIVES is a highly topical and possibly prophetic novel. Interweaving the most urgent political concerns of Europe and the United States with his usual skill and convincing subtlety, Rathbone has written a gripping story of a nation's, and an individual's, response to a potently unexpected threat. This is a distinguished successor to Rathbone's two previous Argand novels, the EURO-KILLERS and BASE CASE. inventory #6962.

Hardbound. Condition: NF in VG DJ. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Pantheon. HARDCOVER. 1984. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in black on black with silver titles in black pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Jacket illustration by Susannah Kelly, design by Regine de Toledo. Something rotten within the ranks.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Minimal wear, binding is tight, yellowed pages. A Commissioner Jan Argand novel.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. (Fascism, Europe, Fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: F/F. First Edition. Crease (probably from the printer) to jacket spine. A Commissioner Jan Argand mystery. 206 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Like new hardcover with Very good dust jacket. First American edition. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A Commissioner Argand novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First am. Very good in very good dust jacket. Small amount of very light soiling on panels, dust jacket shows rubbing, bottom spine end bumped, a few light stains on back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. This book is about a group of detectives who are trying to solve a mystery.; 8vo; $6.50.