Langton robert cover (4 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Langton is a WINNER OF THE GRAND MASTER AWARD from the Mystery Writers of America. Interior Illustrations by Langton. " As this enormously appealing tale winds its way through the byzantine complexities of town and gown, smug Harvard professor and former detective Homer Kelly, in his 11th appearance (after Divine Inspiration), figures out whodunit well after his wife, Mary--and the reader. In Cambridge, Mass., the annual Christmas Revels celebrating the Winter Solstice are being meticulously planned by beauteous Sarah Bailey, whose obsessively jealous husband, Morgan, an ornithologist, is clearly pinpointed as the deranged killer of all her imagined suitors. As a folksinger, an attorney and a dancer are dispatched with grisly efficiency, the self-satisfied Homer ignores the suspicions of demure, astute Mary. Meanwhile, much of Harvard's campus is taken over by activists as a well-organized tent city is erected by the homeless of Cambridge, under the direction of a professional protestor whose cynical manipulation of the media reaches new heights of black humor. Langton's witty line drawings enrich the proceedings as journalists, do-gooders and a fine crew of sharply drawn academics (ambitious, competitive, jealous and psychotic) come in for some delicate ribbing. Neither the occasional moralizing nor the crude deus ex machina can slow the merry spin of this colorful and absorbing tale." -- Publishers Weekly. Crawfors, Robert (cover) (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Langton is a WINNER OF THE GRAND MASTER AWARD from the Mystery Writers of America. Interior Illustrations by Langton. Homer Kelly is in Venice for a rare book conference. "The Homer Kelly series is usually set in Massachusetts (Homer and wife Mary teach at Harvard), but occasionally Langton takes the amiable pair--ever-enthusiastic Homer and more subued but equally perceptive Mary--on the road. This fourteenth entry finds them returning to Italy, scene of The Dante Game (1991). The venue here is Venice rather than Florence, but the travelogue tone is equally infectious, as Homer settles in to study Renaissance manuscripts, and Mary sets out, guidebook in hand, to see the city. She does exactly that (tourists would do well to follow her footsteps), but along the way, she becomes involved with a handsome doctor, who turns out to be a particularly vile murderer. The tangled plot jumps between the personal and spiritual problems of the Kellys' host, a librarian, and the discovery of art treasures hidden by Venetian Jews during World War II. As the water rises during Venice's dreaded acqua alta season, Mary and Homer slosh their way across the city, tracking a killer and facing a marital crisis. An ideal diversion for those who like to combine travel research with a little murder." -- BOOKLIST. Crawfors, Robert (cover) (illustratore). Book.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Langton is a WINNER OF THE GRAND MASTER AWARD from the Mystery Writers of America. Interior Illustrations by Langton. "The Homer Kelly series is usually set in Massachusetts (Homer and wife Mary teach at Harvard), but occasionally Langton takes the amiable pair--ever-enthusiastic Homer and more subued but equally perceptive Mary--on the road. This fourteenth entry finds them returning to Italy, scene of The Dante Game (1991). The venue here is Venice rather than Florence, but the travelogue tone is equally infectious, as Homer settles in to study Renaissance manuscripts, and Mary sets out, guidebook in hand, to see the city. She does exactly that (tourists would do well to follow her footsteps), but along the way, she becomes involved with a handsome doctor, who turns out to be a particularly vile murderer. The tangled plot jumps between the personal and spiritual problems of the Kellys' host, a librarian, and the discovery of art treasures hidden by Venetian Jews during World War II. As the water rises during Venice's dreaded acqua alta season, Mary and Homer slosh their way across the city, tracking a killer and facing a marital crisis. An ideal diversion for those who like to combine travel research with a little murder." -- BOOKLIST. Crawfors, Robert (cover) (illustratore). Signed by Author. Book.…

1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, spine ends slightly rubbed, spine creased, tiny tear bottom edge rear cover, rear cover rubbed & little marked, some edgewear, owner's written name title page 41 pp. This booklet is a history of a place, Baroon, located on the Blackall Range which rises above the Sunshine Coastal plains in south-east Queensland. This place was formed by awesome volcanic eruptions. The booklet has accounts of the Kilcoy massacre in 1842, Ludwig Leichhardt's attendance at a Bunya feast at Baroon, Tom Petrie's attendance at a Bunya gathering in the Blackall Range in the Summer of 1945-6.…