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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray #1)
by James, P. D. [Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park 1920-2014]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
£14.40£12.96
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x 8.5" 185pgs. Red boards w/black letters on spine. DJ #5838. Jacket photo of Kings College Cambridge by Ramsey & Muspratt Ltd. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Minimal edge & shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces P. D. James's courageous but vulnerable young detective, Cordelia Gray, in a top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way (The New York Times). Source: Goodreads.
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- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14986
- Title
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray #1)
- Author
- James, P. D. [Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park 1920-2014]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel 1974
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About the Seller
Blacks Bookshop
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Argillite, Kentucky
About Blacks Bookshop
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