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by DALBY**, RICHARD - ed by:

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1860191371
ISBN 13
9781860191374
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial art-work illustrated dw/dj by William Geldart (design repeated to glossy laminated bds,with immaculate,plain white eps.) with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges,one tiny nick to rear,top edge towards head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal split to board.No bumping to corners nor head+foot of spine/backstrip.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely creased. Top+fore-edges lightly aged but clean and unmarked; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to page corners.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp+1-292pp includes half+title pages,contents list/table,editor foreword,23 stories. Ghosts,murders,bizarre disappearances and journeys back through time,every conceivable type of mystery can be found within the pages of 'Mystery for Christmas',but with one thing in common:they all take place during the short days and dark nights, the festivities and tensions of Christmas time.Writers have long been inspired by this season of peace and goodwill to tell tales of murder,mystery and the supernatural,and the stories in this collection range from work by classic 19thC writers such as Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy to popular contemporary writers like Muriel Spark and H.R.F. Keating.Several of the stories have been written especially for this volume.Mysteries can take many different forms - as the stories in this intriguing collection prove.There are seasonal crime mysteries:an apparently impossible murder at a family gathering;a homicidal Santa Claus, and a chilling case of mistaken identity in Victorian London.There are some atmospheric encounters with the supernatural;some nightmarish,as in the murdered husband who returns to confront his murderer;others less frightening than bewildering or even amusing.And as Christmas,a festival around which traditions abound,can also be a time at which the past seems particularly close,'Mystery for Christmas' includes stories in which the past becomes indistinct from the present,and in one case threatens to take over the present.Other writers/contributors include E. L. White, Marjorie Bowen, Margery Lawrence, Ronald Duncan, Derek Stanford, Ron Weighell, Maggie Ross ,John Whitbourn et al.See also rja2213 and rja2215 for other Christmas anthologies by this editor. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Title
MYSTERY FOR CHRISTMAS.
Author
DALBY**, RICHARD - ed by:
Book Condition
Used - NFINE.
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NFINE.
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
1860191371
ISBN 13
9781860191374
Publisher
LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA,1990.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1990
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 1860191371.MODERN FICTION.MICHAEL O'MARA.SANTA CLAUS.CHRISTMAS FICTION.XMAS CRIME+MYSTERY FICTION+WRITERS.CHARLES DICKENS.H.R.F. KEATING.MURIEL SPARK.MAGGIE ROSS.THOMAS HARDY.RONALD DUNCAN.Books new,used,sign
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