Publicado por Robinson, Peter, 2002
ISBN 10: 038082048X ISBN 13: 9780380820481
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. The discovery of a faceless, decomposing corpse leads Chief Inspector Banks to search for clues in a mystery that involves a five-year-old murder, a woman's disappearance, and dark family secrets. Reprint.
Publicado por Robinson, Peter, 2000
ISBN 10: 0380733285 ISBN 13: 9780380733286
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. From New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson comes this gripping thriller-in the tradition of Louise Penny and Elizabeth George-set in a picturesque Yorkshire village during the upcoming Christmas season.but one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday.Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal, and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's lifeand death.She was a beautiful enigma, brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas. Leaving her past behind for a forbidden love affair, she mystified more than a few. And now she is dead, clothed only in her unshared mysteries and her blood.In this season of giving and forgiving, Banks is eager to absolve the innocent of their sins. But that must wait until the many facets of a perplexing puzzle are exposed and the dark circle of his investigation finally closesand when a killer makes the next move.Past Reason Hated is a relentlessly suspenseful novel that shows why Peter Robinson is one of the worlds most acclaimed and popular mystery writers.
Publicado por Peter Robinson, 2006
ISBN 10: 0143052217 ISBN 13: 9780143052210
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: VeryGood. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Publicado por Robinson, Peter, 2024
ISBN 10: 0062995006 ISBN 13: 9780062995001
Librería: Ami Ventures Inc Books, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: New. "One of the finest police procedural writers around. [Standing in the Shadows] is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson's best work. Knowing it's his last makes the reading bittersweet." - New York Times Book ReviewThe 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the best now on the market."In November 1980, Nick Hartley returns home from a university lecture to find his house crawling with police. His ex-girlfriend, Alice Poole, has been found murdered, and her new boyfriend Mark Woodcroft is missing. Nick is the prime suspect. The case quickly goes cold, but Nick cannot let it go. He embarks on a career in investigative journalism, determined to find Alice's murderer-but his obsession leads him down a dangerous path.Decades later, in November 2019, an archaeologist unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more contemporary than the Roman remains she is seeking. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in to investigate, but there is little to be gleaned from the remains themselves. Left with few clues, Banks and his team must rely on their wits to hunt down a killer.As the two cases unfurl, the investigations twist and turn to an explosive conclusion.
Publicado por ROBINSON Peter. Beau monstre. Albin Michel, 2003
Librería: Hairion Thibault, SAINT CHAMAS, Francia
2003. ROBINSON Peter. Beau monstre. Albin Michel 2003 ROBINSON Peter. Ne jouez pas avec le feu. Albin Michel 2005 MAC DONALD Patricia. La fille sans visage. Albin Michel 2005 (avec une marque de plissure à la jaquette) MAC DONALD Patricia. J'ai épousé un inconnu. Albin Michel 2006 Très bon état général. Etat correct.
Publicado por Belfast: Peter Robinson M.P. 1995., 1995
Librería: Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books, Northern Ireland, Reino Unido
117 pp. illustrated, autographed by Peter Robinson now First Minister in Northern Ireland. Pictorial glazed card covers, in very good condition.
Publicado por Peter Robinson, London, 1928
Librería: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Irlanda
Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Approx. 144 pp, cover title in gilt. Heavily inscribed to front and rear of book, covers folded marked and worn. Fair.
Publicado por peter robinson, 1995
Librería: BARDICBOOKS, Armagh, Irlanda
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition.
Publicado por Peter Robinson, London, 2017
Librería: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Very good, slim booklet.
Publicado por Peter Robinson, [Dunedin], 1997
Librería: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Nueva Zelanda
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Creasing and dust stains to covers. Previous owner's signature.; "Report Version 1". 28 pages. Plastic comb binding. Page dimensions: 297 x 210mm. Illustrated.
Publicado por South Melb. Peter Robinson., 2003
Librería: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Original o primera edición
Col.Ill.wrapps. 336pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the compiler. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force played a significant role in the outcome of WWII. Very little has been heard about the thousands of British girls who directed tasks from directing bombers to cooking.
Publicado por Peter Robinson
Librería: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. APPEARS UNREAD. Pages are clean, bright and tight.No wear to hard cover book.No entries in diary No name or inscription.
Publicado por Peter Robinson, 1990
Librería: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, Reino Unido
Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. With glassine covers, signed by author. Sticky label to spine Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Antiques & Collectibles; For further information on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Original small landscape, limp titled covers,showing minor wear and a little soiling , cotton tie and slightly rusting staple secure contents, celebrates this famous drapers who held long leases on the Island site( Oxford street , Regent street, Great Portland street and Great castle street) it has attractive colour view of the store and celebrates in many attractive artist views of their famous West room of the restaurant , with 2 views and colour photographs of the pictures in that room, mainly based on operatic themes minimal text, pleasing colour work throughout.Uncommon.
Publicado por Peter Robinson Publishing, 2008
ISBN 10: 0955807409 ISBN 13: 9780955807404
Librería: Cherubz Books, York, Reino Unido
Same day dispatch. Lovely copy.
Publicado por Peter Hill; G G J & J Robinson, Edinburgh, 1791
Librería: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Grey card cover. First Edition. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 528pp. Worn condition. Cover rubbed. Spine missing. Content in overall good condition.
Publicado por Peter Robinson Publishing, 2011
Librería: T S Hill Books, Dorking, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. A clean and crisp hardback copy in the publisher's original glazed pictorial boards. No dust jacket-as issued. There are a couple of creases to the extremities: one in the top left-hand corner of the upper cover, the other at the tail of the spine. There is also a light blemish on the fore edge, which does not encroach upon the contents. Overall, though, this is a good hardback copy of this substantial, large-format volume.
Publicado por Peter Robinson Publishing, 2014
ISBN 10: 095580745X ISBN 13: 9780955807459
Librería: T S Hill Books, Dorking, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. A clean, bright and crisp hardback copy in a clean and fresh pictorial dust jacket. There is a light crease at the tail of the spine, but overall this is a very fresh and attractive copy. Inscribed by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).
Publicado por Edinburgh Peter Hill and G. G. J. and J. Robinson London, 1793
Librería: J & S WILBRAHAM, LONDON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 15 - 16, 424, 46 [2, errata], bound without half title in slightly later half calf, spine gilt with black label, spine leather evenly surface cracked, 2 leaves cut slightly short to outer margin where re-inserted by the early binder, else a very good clean tight copy throughout, FIRST EDITION, the rare first issue, with Nos 18 to 22 in the Appendix present, these being suppressed in the second issue with the respective leaves reset. An important account of 18th Century theatrical life in Scotland by a prominent actor manager of the period. If not entirely reliable, it nevertheless remains an important historical source. The Spetchley Park copy, with characteristic blanks bound front and rear.
Publicado por Edinburgh Printed for Peter Hill & G G J & J Robinson First Edition, 1793
Librería: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo. xiv, 424pp plus 41pp appendix. With half title. Recently rebound in full polished calf with gilt raised bands and contrasting black spine labels. A very good copy. Very Scarce.
Publicado por Peter Hill and G. G. J. Robinson, London, 1793
Original o primera edición
Leather. Condición: Near Fine. None Ilustrador. First edition. A first edition of this brilliant and thorough guide to the history of Scottish theatre ESTC citation number T36525.With a half-title and a separately paginated appendix. Contains a full page 225, with xviii-xxii absent from the appendix as called for. Bound with new endpapers.A marvellous first edition of this guide to Scottish theatre as told by a controversial contemporary, John Jackson, actor and manager of the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. It is described as containing 'a distinct narrative of some recent theatrical transactions, the whole necessarily interspersed with memoirs of his own life'.This edition is in a half calf binding with marbled boards, with a simple gilding to the spine and speckled decoration along the foredge. Externally very smart with just some rubbing in places. Internally firmly bound, pages clean and bright. Near Fine. book.
Publicado por Edinburgh: Printed for Peter Hill and G. G. J. and J. Robinson. London, 1793
Librería: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xiv, [15 - 16 [17 errata, 18 blank], 424, 41 [42 blank], including half-title, contemporary calf, red morocco label; joints neatly restored. A very good copy. Jackson's involvement with the Edinburgh theatre began with his acting debut in 1761 and terminated, after his second term as manager, about 1809. A vain and sometimes unscrupulous man, Jackson (1729/30 - 1806) made a better manager than an actor; though one might regard his financially frustrated bid (following the success of his opening season in Edinburgh) to work together the theatres of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, as a measure of his vanity rather than his entrepreneurial capabilities. However, his tenure as manager was nothing if not eventful and witnessed "one of the most extraordinary cases of persecution that ever disgraced a theatrical audience" (Dibdin), namely, the unprovoked and otiose attacks upon the actor Fennell, which resulted in his published account of the affair, an account corroborated by Jackson when he retired from the Edinburgh stage. Jackson also provides an account of the events leading up to the birth of the legal theatre in Scotland--a sequence of events which saw some actual conflict in the theatre stalls as well as a fierce pamphlet war over the grant of patent. The eventual victor in that dispute, David Ross, whose own integrity may not have been perfect, became the first manager of the Edinburgh Theatre Royal; from him, Jackson acquired the patent in 1781 "on advantageous terms." The controversies did not end here, as one may seen from that part of the above volume devoted to the "Statement of facts, explanatory of the dispute between John Jackson and Stephen Kemble, relative to the Theatre Royal of Edinburgh" (Lowe Arnott and Robinson 1954), which had been issued separately and in advance of Jackson's History, "to give an early statement of Jackson's arguments in the quarrel between Kembel and himself" (Lowe). Dibdin terms Jackson's History "that most pompous and inaccurate work," but its account - biased and instructive in about equal parts - provides a unique insight into a turbulent period of Scottish theatre. This issue conforms to the description in ESTC T36525, viz., "In this issue, the text on pp.295-296, beginning on p.295, line 11, and ending at the foot of p.296 is present; the documents numbered xviii-xxii are removed from the appendix by the partial resetting of sig.2e4 and by cancelling leaves 2f1-3; signature *Mm4 appears to be a whole-sheet cancel.".