Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0002314770
- ISBN 13
- 9780002314770
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1982. The Crime Club edition - and the author's final book. Lightly bumped at head of spine, faint vertical crease down spine, slightly cocked, pages darkened, else near fine. Pages spotless and binding tight. DJ price-clipped, lightly rubbed along edges, else very good plus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Light Thickens is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982. The plot concerns the murder of the lead actor in a production of Macbeth in London, and the novel takes its title from a line in the play. A number of characters in the book appeared previously in Marsh's novel Death at the Dolphin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005405
- Title
- Light Thickens
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002314770
- ISBN 13
- 9780002314770
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Ngaio Marsh, The Crime Club
- Bookseller catalogs
- Murder Mystery & Suspense;
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