AKUNIN, BORIS

The Winter Queen

New York, Random House. 2003, First. (ISBN: 1400060494). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 245 pages. First US Edition. Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili and his Erast Fandorin novels have achieved great success in Russia and this is his first American publication. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. Second impression. In Moscow in 1876 a 23 year old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Alexander Gardens, and Erast Fandorin, the brilliant, young and gifted detective is put on the case - a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of an influential industrialist and has left considerable assets. Fandorin's fearless investigation takes him from Moscow to Berlin and London, via St. Petersburg, as the suicide reveals a worldwide conspiracy. 22. Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011108

Catalogue: Foreign Authors

Keywords: Russian Authors, Erast Fandorin, 19th Century Russia 1400060494

AKUNIN, BORIS

The Winter Queen Erast Fandorin #1

England, Phoenix. 2004. (ISBN: 0753817594). Soft cover. Book, Spine is mildly stressed. Georgian author. Very Good.

Caerwen BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 037616

Keywords: 0753817594

AKUNIN, BORIS

The Winter Queen

New York, Random House, 2003. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this mass market paperback edition. The first Erast Fandorin mystery. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Blomfield. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers . Very Good + .

The Glass KeyProfessional seller

Book number: 86642

Catalogue: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery

Boris Akunin

The Winter Queen

Orion (UK) 2004 Paperback, 256pp. Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police thinks, but still he finds it curious enough to send the newest member of the division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to the Alexander Gardens precinct for more information. (ISBN: 9780753817599). Very Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1084859

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Fiction, Mystery9780753817599 9780753817599

Boris Akunin

The Winter Queen; Leviathan

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful pair of signed Erast Fanorin mystery novels from Boris Akunin. Signed by the author to the title pages. This set includes the first and third instalments to the Erast Fandorin series of mystery novels, written by Grigori Chkhartishvili (known by his pen name Boris Akunin). The first UK editions, first impressions. Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. The creation of this series was inspired by a growing popularity of "trashy" detective novels after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which were commonly read in private or shame for their gore or sexual contents. Akunin therefore strived to create a detective novel which nobody would be ashamed to be caught reading. This set includes the debut Fandorin novel 'The Winter Queen' (2003) and the third novel, 'Leviathan' (2004). Featuring 19th-century Russian detective Erast Fandorin, with each instalment uniquely exploring a different subgenre of the detective novel, from spies to serial killers.  In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, lovely, as are the dust wrappers. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages. Author's signature to the title pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 966Y41

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: The Winter Queen Leviathan Erast Fanorin Mystery Boris Akunin Leviathan None

Boris Akunin

The Winter Queen

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this historical mystery novel set in nineteenth-century Moscow. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili, and is best known for his detective and historical fiction. He wrote his Erast Fandorin series, about a 19th century Russian detective. Some of his other novels in this series include 'The Turkish Gambit', 'He Lover of Death', and 'The Black City&apos. In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Dustwrapper is smart, with just a couple of marks and a label to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, though with some scattered spotting. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MOD6-F-18

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: moscow andrew bromfield brosi akunin the winter queen andrew bromfield None