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Description:
Parker, Robert B. (1932-2010) First Editions, Some Signed, Thirty-six Volumes.
Including the following first editions: two titles from the Appaloosa series: Resolution, and Blue-Eyed Devil; seven titles from the Chief Jesse Stone series: Death in Paradise, signed; Stone Cold; Sea Change; High Profile; Stranger in Paradise; Night and Day, two copies, one signed; and Split Image; eleven titles from the Spenser series: God Save the Child; Ceremony; The Widening Gyre, four signed copies; Walking Shadow; Thin Air; Potshot, two copies; Back Story; Bad Business, two copies; Cold Service; School Days; and Now and Then; five titles from the Sunny Randall series: Family Honor, signed; Perish Twice; Shrink Rap, three copies, one signed; Melancholy Baby, two copies; and Blue Screen; [and] two copies of Double Play; all in good publisher's bindings and jackets; almost all signed copies inscribed. (36)
Provenance: the Estate of Stratford W. Carter, Boston, Massachusetts.
Estimate $300-500
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Keywords
Night and Day, Cold Service, Now and Then, MassachusettsJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
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