Iain Pears. The Raphael Affair [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1990.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Pears loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges. Thin band of tape to jacket verso at center of spine. Boards show light shelfwear and faint tape remnants to top and bottom of front and rear boards. Opens easily between a couple gatherings towards rear but overall binding holding soundly. Pages unmarked. First book in the Jonathan Argyll art history mystery series.

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Pears, Iain. The Raphael Affair. Victor Gollancz, London, 1990.

Price: US$224.57 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo. Pp 191. Original cloth. Unclipped d/w. A fresh copy, virtually as new condition.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

Pears, Iain. THE RAPHAEL AFFAIR. Victor Gollancz: London, 1990.

Price: US$287.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8 x 5.25", cloth-like boards, 191pp, minor shelf wear else a very nice copy in a lightly edge-worn, spine-sunned dustjacket. FIRST EDITION.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Iain Pears. The Raphael Affair. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1990.

Price: US$461.98 + shipping

Description: A first edition of this Jonathan Argyll art history mystery. Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though international fame first arrived with his best selling book 'An Instance of the Fingerpost' (1998), which was translated into several languages. In a black cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper in an acetate protective covering. Externally, smart with just minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is smart with just minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

PEARS, Iain. The Raphael Affair. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1990.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's first novel and first mystery, following a non-fiction work of art history. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Iain Pears. The Raphael Affair. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1990.

Price: US$506.89 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A first edition of this Jonathan Argyll art history mystery. Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though international fame first arrived with his best selling book 'An Instance of the Fingerpost' (1998), which was translated into several languages. In a black cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper in an acetate protective covering. Externally, smart with just minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is smart with just minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom