Dead Ringer
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1986
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB
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188 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red blind-stamped boards in original pictorial wrappers. First American edition. Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra HeathBoyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wifeturns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. Condition: Fine in like jacket.…
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- Title
- Dead Ringer
- Author
- Roger Ormerod (1920- )
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0684185873
- ISBN 13
- 9780684185873
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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We are one of the American leaders of out of print chess literature. We also specialize in anthopology, Colonial America, exploration and discovery. We deal in select literature. We consign in our area of specialty and are always interested in buying quality material from single titles to entire collections. Trade offers gladly considered. We have a large selection of rare and collectable chess literature and ephemera. We are exhibitors at both the Texas book fairs in Arlington in November and Austin in January.…
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