{"product_id":"moonspender-jonathan-gash-1st-edition","title":"Moonspender, Jonathan Gash — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"41\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Collins, 1986\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"76\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 224.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"102\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The publisher's original red cloth binding remains tight and square, showing excellent structural integrity and no prominent shelf-wear. The text block is pleasingly clean and bright, free from foxing or heavy age-toning, with only faint, standard signs of handling to the extremities. The original dust jacket is exceptionally vibrant and sharp, exhibiting no visible tears, chips, or major creasing, presenting beautifully as a highly collectible copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"586\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a true first edition, first printing of Jonathan Gash's celebrated Lovejoy mystery, issued as part of the esteemed Collins Crime Club series. The volume features the iconic Crime Club branding on the spine and front panel of the dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnsigned first editions of this title are widely available on the secondary market. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovejoy, East Anglia's most brilliant and disreputable antique dealer, returns in this suspenseful mystery. When local 'moonspenders,' illicit metal detectorists digging up ancient treasures by night—begin unearthing more than they bargained for, Lovejoy finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of smuggling, forgery, and murder. Relying on his unerring instinct for genuine antiquities and his penchant for trouble, Lovejoy must outwit a ruthless gang before he becomes their next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55715361161555,"sku":"6704","price":25.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261027_115219.jpg?v=1793617551","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/moonspender-jonathan-gash-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}