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Cover Her Face
by James, P. D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Belfast, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. P. D. James' (1920-2014) first novel and increasingly rare. First Printing. 254 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp with a whisper of shelf wear, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold titling to spine. An early price in ink on upper right corner of first free endpaper, small loss in center of rear first free endpaper where something has been removed as well as a 4-1/2' strip of glue residue along gutter, very clean within. Originally part of a hospital library with "Bothwell Hospital" stamped in read at head of text block, which would also explain the glue residue on the rear pastedown, no other markings or indications it is ex-library.
Synopsis
Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details the investigations by her poetry-writing detective Adam Dalgliesh into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family which has reasons to want her gone - or dead. The title is taken from a passage from John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi: "Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle; she died young."
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Details
- Seller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 30491
- Title
- Cover Her Face
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
Belfast, Maine
About Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Used and Rare Books in the heart of downtown Belfast, Maine.
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- Text Block
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- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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