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Overture to Death
by MARSH, Ngaio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/Fine (Facsimile DW)
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lee Furman, Inc., 1939. Bound in blue cloth with restored end papers. Slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Slight darkening to paper edges with two small darker stains to side paper edges. Overall, a most acceptable copy of this early Marsh first edition. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. 352 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/Fine (Facsimile DW).
Synopsis
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which she more than lives up to her reputation as a crime writer of intelligence and style.It was planned as an act of charity: a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift.But its execution was doomed when Miss Campanula sat down to play. A chord was struck, a shot rang out and Miss Campanula was dead.A case of sinister infatuation for the brilliant Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn.
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- Bookseller
- abookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2000401
- Title
- Overture to Death
- Author
- MARSH, Ngaio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (Facsimile DW)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lee Furman, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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