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The Wench is Dead
by Colin Dexter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of this detective novel from the popular Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This novel 'The Wench is Dead' received the Gold Dagger Award in 1989. It is an historical crime novel and is the eighth in the Inspector Morse Series. In this novel Morse is hospitalised due to a bleeding ulcer and is given a book on an historic murder case in Oxford by a friend. In this 1859 murder a young woman was found floating in the Oxford Canal and two men were hanged for the murder. Morse declares this verdict as incorrect and sets about proving the hanged men were innocent from the confines of his hospital bed. Colin Dexter was a popular English crime writer, best known for his 'Inspector Morse' series of novels. Throughout his career he received several Crime Writer's Association awards: Two Silver Daggers, Two Gold Daggers and A Cartier Diamond Dagger. He also received an OBE for his services to literature. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition with just a faint crease to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper has some spotting to the flaps, and a little creasing to the upper extremities, but is otherwise very bright and smart. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 840M33
- Title
- The Wench is Dead
- Author
- Colin Dexter
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Colin Dexter Inspector Morse Crime fiction Detective fiction Inspector Morse
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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