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The Skull Beneath the Skin (Signed 1st Printing)
by P. D. James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684177730
- ISBN 13
- 9780684177731
- Seller
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LA QUINTA, California, United States
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About This Item
Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribners, 1982. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A fine copy in an unclipped and near-fine dustjacket that has the lightest or rubbing to the panels. This copy is signed on the title page without inscriptions by P.D. James. Classic crime fiction with Cornelia Gray. From the author of "Innocent Blood" and many other great crime fiction novels. A very collectible copy. No evidence of prior ownership.
Synopsis
A Cordelia Gray MysteryHired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her own life as it is mysterious.Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in a production of The Duchess of Malfi, to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Island. Cordelia is there to ensure her safety following the appearance of a number of poison-pen letters. But it soon becomes clear that all are in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges, and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down to hell'.Marking the return of Cordelia Gray, The Skull beneath the Skin is a complex mystery which more than lives up to its predecessor, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.
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- Classic First Editions
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- cfe12257
- Title
- The Skull Beneath the Skin (Signed 1st Printing)
- Author
- P. D. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684177730
- ISBN 13
- 9780684177731
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 328
- Keywords
- ENGLAND FICTION GRAY CORDELIA FICTITIOUS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed First Printings;
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