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Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1987.
Price: US$641.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A good copy of Knots and Crosses SIGNED & DOODLED by the author, without dedication. A first UK edition first printing. Signed by Ian Rankin with added famous noughts and crosses doodle. Condition: This is a professionally rebound ex-library book. Cancelled stamps to front fly leaf. West Lothian District Library stamp on title page and library number on publishing page. See photos for more detail. The dust jacket has slight cropping along the top. Overall the book and dustjacket are in good condition. ISBN: 0-370-31057-8 Format: Hardback Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd Published: 1987
Seller: Hamiltons Books, Dalkeith, United Kingdom
Ian Rankin. Knots and Crosses. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1987.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Original DJ with price of 10.95. Some rubbing the to DJ, which is something less than crisp, but still glossy on the boards despite decades of shelf wear. Corners bumped. Small jotting on front endpaper, 10/92 with a checkmark. No date on title page. Copyright page dated only 1987. 169 pages. Author photograph on the rear DJ shows an amazingly young Rankin (not yet thirty!). This is his second book and the first to feature Detective Rebus. PLEASE NOTE: ABE sometimes attached a STOCK PHOTO to these descriptions -- if there is a photo attached to this listing, ABE put it there, not me. PLEASE email with questions or to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. Bodley Head, London, 1987.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by author on title page ( in early days when 'Ian' actually looked like Ian) along with his trademark knots and crosses drawing. Book has usual light tanning to page edges; otherwise very fine in mylar-protected, unclipped(£10.95 net in UK only), unfaded, only slightly rubbed (as usual on the glossy black rear panel) dust wrapper that has no chips or edge/corner wear.
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada
RANKIN, Ian. Knots and Crosses. Bodley Head, London, 1987.
Price: US$1475.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The author's second novel. Red fine-textured boards stamped in gilt on spine. Tight and tidy, just the faintest show of foxing in endpapers. Fully intact dust jacket, slight foxing on flaps, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
RANKIN IAN. Knots and Crosses. Bodley Head, London, 1987.
Price: US$1635.52 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Crime fiction featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus - his first appearance. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0370310578. A fine copy (usual very slight toning to edges of paper, almost inevitable - due to the cheap paper) iin a fine D/W with absolutely no fading whatsoever to the red spine lettering and quite scarce thus. SIGNED & DOODLED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Rankin, Ian. Knots & Crosses. The Bodley Head, London, 1987.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1987" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful First Issue dustjacket that has the publisher's printed price present on the front flap. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the board are crisp. The pages are clean with light discoloration to the edges. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Ian Rankin. Knots and Crosses. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1987.
Price: US$1860.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing published by The Bodley Head ( london) in 1987. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with a tight binding. It is free from inscriptions, erasures and markings. Light toning to the page edges. The DUST JACKET is complete and is in Fine condition. The DUST JACKET is not price clipped. The cloth boards are bright red and there is NO fading of the red lettering to the spine or rubbing to the jacket. The DUST JACKET looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed and Doodled with a gallows which was drawn by the Author. The ticket for the signing event accompanies this title as provenance. A very good copy and scarce with such attributes. The First title in the highly acclaimed 'Rebus' Series.
Seller: Bradgate Rare Books, Leicester, United Kingdom
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. London, United Kingdom: Bodley Head, 1987.
Price: US$2775.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by Author on the Title Page Hard Cover. The Scarce First edition, first printing and first U.K. Edition. SIGNED by author on the title page accompanied by the now famous noughts and crosses drawing. Near fine, with the lightest of page tanning about the edges, a minute tear and small nick at top end of dj spine, some rubbing, one short narrow scratch, and one tiny mark to rear flap, but still a very attractive copy in a clear Brodart mylar cover. Ian Rankin's first John Rebus novel and his second novel has become one of the most elusive titles in modern crime fiction. Rankin has succeeded in bringing to life the Edinburgh, Scotland that Rebus knows so well, as a living breathing character in this excellent series. A serial strangler is on the loose and Detective Sergeant Rebus has been receiving crank letters, matchstick crosses, and a small neatly tied knot. He's also been drinking too much, and to complicate things further, his wife and daughter have left him. A taut police procedural and puzzle that truly lives up to its reputation as a page turner from the premier writer in modern crime fiction.
Seller: Nothing Like a Good Book, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.
Rankin, Ian. Knots & Crosses.. Bodley Head, London, 1987.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's first Inspector Rebus mystery. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Rankin who has additionally added the words, "Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now." Rankin has also added his knots & crosses motif. Rankin wrote Knots & Crosses with the intent of updating Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for modern Edinburgh (Rebus: The Early Years) The protagonist, detective John Rebus, is assigned to investigate the a murderer in the city of Edinburgh. He somehow shares a bond with the criminal, a knot of blood, and when this link causes Rebus to be relieved from duty, he faces the enemy on his own. Knots and Crosses is popularly considered the most compellingly complex detective fiction written today.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.