Final Curtain
by Ngaio Marsh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this thrilling Ngaio Marsh murder-mystery novel, her fourteenth work featuring detective Roderick Alleyn. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in a country house and filled with suspects involved in the London theatrical scene, detective Roderick Alleyn's wife is commissioned to paint a portrait of a renowned actor, who is playing Macbeth.A bright first edition from the New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director Ngaio Marsh. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to spine tail, with light fading to back strip, most concentrated to head and tail. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Small loss to back strip tail, with edge wear to back strip head, and two small closed tears to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Final Curtain is a 1947 novel by Ngaio Marsh, which was adapted for television in 1993 as part of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 879F2
- Title
- Final Curtain
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club, by Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Final Curtain Roderick Alleyn New Zealand detective fiction Roderick Alleyn
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The heel of the spine.
- New
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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....