Description: BLUE OCTAVO by John Blackburn. Lakewood, CO; Centipede Press; 2020. 1st trade (UNSIGNED) Centipede Press hardcover edition. OUT OF PRINT. Publisher description: When bookseller James Roach is found dead after paying an exorbitant sum for Grey Boulders, a rare but apparently valueless volume on mountaineering, the police write it off as suicide. But his young colleague John Cain suspects foul play when he discovers the book is missing and that someone has been going to great lengths to obtain every copy of Grey Boulders in existence. Is it a case of some deranged collector driven to murder by his bibliomania, or is there some secret contained in the book that is worth killing for? It’s a race against time as Cain joins forces with egocentric adventurer J. Moldon Mott and beautiful heiress Julia Lent to solve the mystery. Can they stop the killer before he gets hold of the last remaining copy, or will one of them become his next victim? A prolific author of thrillers and horror novels, John Blackburn (1923-1993) also managed a secondhand bookstore, and he draws on this background in Blue Octavo (1963), a clever and fast-paced tale set in the shady world of antiquarian bookselling. Edition information Patterned endpapers.Full Dutch cloth binding.Ribbon marker, head and tail bands.Published October 2020.ISBN 978-1-61347-270-5.Book sizes 5½ × 8½ inches; 176 and 208 pages. Pricing: SOLD OUT.Fine in fine dj. FREE DOMESTIC Media Mail shipping or $14.90 Priority mail domestic shipping. International shipping is ONLY by the eBay Global Shipping Program. NO EXCEPTIONS!! NOT responsible for any import tax levied by Customs Offices in individual countries.
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Book Title: Blue Octavo
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Centipede Press
Original Language: English
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: John Blackburn
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Topic: Crime, Supernatural
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
