A Taste for Honey
by Heard, Gerald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Largo, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1942 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The first British edition in the rare dust jacket with heavy chipping. The striking front panel is mostly complete, though. Most importantly, the book is signed and inscribed by the author: "To Wolfgang / with best wishes / from the author / Gerald Heard / 26th April 1948." A rare signature in a classic mystery novel..
Synopsis
A Taste for Honey is the first book in a series by Henry Fitzgerald Heard, also called Gerald Heard or H. J. Heard. This novel features the detective talents of Mr. Mycroft, an old scientist and beekeeper in a rural Sussex village. It is heavily implied that he is an elderly Sherlock Holmes in retirement.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wild Hills Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 303829
- Title
- A Taste for Honey
- Author
- Heard, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- H. F. Heard
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wild Hills Books
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Largo, Florida
About Wild Hills Books
Sean Donnelly, the proprietor of Wild Hills Books, has been selling books online for over twenty years. He was an early member of Interloc (now Alibris) and joined Abebooks in 1998.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...