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CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES
by Marsh, Ngaio
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About This Item
London: Collins, The Crime Club, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. London: Collins, The Crime Club, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn mystery. A fine copy in orange cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some light use and one miniscule short tear on the back panel. 8vo. 253 pp. A bright, fresh copy. An international bad guy known as 'the Jampot' sets sail on the steamer Zodiac, & mayhem ensues of course. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime.
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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Details
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- TBCL The Book Collector's Library
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 32056
- Title
- CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand
- Jacket condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins, The Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
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