London: The Companion Book Club. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; One tiny closed tear to unclipped . DJ, slight slant to spine. ; Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to red . spine panel, map endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. DJ . artwork by R Micklewright.. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . 253 pages; The case became such a classic that Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn would later use it to illustrate his lectures. Whilst Alleyn is away lecturing in New York his wife, Troy, decides to take a relaxing five day river cruise through Constable country. Unfortunately one of her fellow passengers is a notorious international criminal who conciders murder an unpleasant and tiresome necessity of his profession. .

Synopsis

Clutch of Constables is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-fifth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1968. The plot concerns art forgery, and takes place on a cruise on a fictional river in the Norfolk Broads; the "Constable" referred to in the title is John Constable, whose works are mentioned by several characters.

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Seller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Seller's Inventory #: 19566
Title: Clutch Of Constables
Author: Marsh, Ngaio
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; One tiny closed tear to unclipped DJ, slight slant to spine. ; Green cloth boards with gi
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: The Companion Book Club
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1969
Keywords: Book Club Edition
Bookseller catalogs: Murders And Mysteries;

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.