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Hangman's Holiday
by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£550.00£495.00
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this uncommon collection of twelve short stories by murder mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers The first edition, first impression of this scarce work.An excellent collection of short stories, the ninth work in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, featuring four Peter Wimsey tales, six Montague Egg short stories, and two other stories.Sayers was a prolific author of crime fiction during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh.This is a smart copy of an uncommon Sayers first edition. Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with boards restored and back strip laid down. Retaining the original endpapers. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light spotting to cloth of spine. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Tail of rear hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to title page, with the odd spot throughout. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 835F44
- Title
- Hangman's Holiday
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Hangman's Holiday Lord Peter Wimsey Montague Egg sayers Lord Peter Wimsey
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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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