Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
Light Thickens is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982. The plot concerns the murder of the lead actor in a production of Macbeth in London, and the novel takes its title from a line in the play. A number of characters in the book appeared previously in Marsh's novel Death at the Dolphin.
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1982
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Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1982 The last book by one of the greatest of all mystery writers.. 1st (stated). Hardcover. Very Good/Chipped DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1982
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1982: Little, Brown & Co. (1st US Ed.), 1982. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First US Ed.. 1982 First US Edition Hardcover in dustjacket. Tight copy w/small areas of light rubbing/wear to cover/edges, very clean & free from markings/marginalia within, in dustjacket w/multiple small chips tears. VG+/Fair. Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1982
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London: Collins Crime Club. Fair in Good+ dust jacket; Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks . inside, library stickers to base of spine of DJ, some loss to rear fly, . missing front endpaper, surface tear to inside rear cover. ; Red cloth . boards with gilt lettering to spine. Good reading copy only.. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1982
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London: Collins Crime Club, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Collins Crime Club, 1982. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Collins, London, 1983. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good First Edition. First Impression 251 pp. Book is slightly tanned. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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London: Collins, 1982. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is discoloured, and edges are nicked, including a small tear. Spine ends are bumped, and page block and page edges are tanned. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Item Price
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Light Thickens
by MARSH, Ngaio
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Auckland, NZL
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Light Thickens
by Ngaio Marsh
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- 1982
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London: Collins Crime Club. Fair. 14 x 21cm. Hardcover. 1982. 252 pages. wear, marks, light tears to dj tanned pages, name o n flyleaf (crossed out) price markings on half-title sunned spi ne<br><br><p><strong>LIGHT THICKENS</strong><br /><br />by Ngaio Marsh<br /><br />Collins Crime Club, London, 1982<br />First Edit ion<br />ISBN 0002314770<br />hb, dj, 252pp, 14 x… Read more about this item Item Price
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Light Thickens
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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London: Collins/The Crime Club, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red boards with gilt spine lettering. Near fine copy in a price clipped, else near fine dust jacket. Review copy, with the complimentary review slip tipped in at the front endpaper. Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1982
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Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. 181 pages. Never read copy. Clean interior with tight binding.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Near Fine
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- First American edition
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- 1982
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1982], 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [13], 3-232, [6] pp. Quarter black cloth over red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $13.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Original price and date stamp on the free front endpaper. A Near Fine book with traces… Read more about this item Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1982
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Montmorillon, FRA
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London: Collins Crime Club, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near very good. 1st edition. Marsh's last novel published shortly before her death. Paper is yellowing with age especially in the page margins. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dust-jacket.
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Light Thickens (The crime club)
by Marsh, Ngaio
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1st Edition
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- 1982
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London: Collins Crime Club, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Collins Crime Club, 1982. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Collins, London, 1983. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good First Edition. First Impression 251 pp. Book is slightly tanned. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Voyage of The Dawn Treader
by C S Lewis
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Collins, London, 1997. Hard Cover, 8vo, Reprint. Book Condition: Very Good. Very clean interior. Dust Jacket: Very Good. Not Clipped. . Item Price
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A History of The English Speaking Peoples - Volume 3 : The Age of Revolution
by Churchill, Winston S.
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Cassell, London, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo, Reprint. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket: Good. Edgewear.. Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used - Good
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- Good -
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- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Tolar, Texas, USA
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. The last book written by mystery writer, Dame Ngaio Marsh. Jacket is scuffed with edgewear, small chip out of bottom of dj spine. Red boards have light wear to edges. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is tight.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good -. 8vo - over… Read more about this item Item Price
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LIGHT THICKENS
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- 1st Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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£36.42
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London: Collins, The Crime Club, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Peregrine Jay's last appearance, Ngaio Marsh's last novel. A near fine copy in red cloth, (tiny bump to the bottom edge of the front board) gilt titles to the spine, paper stock mildly tanned as is endemic with this title, in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Light Thickens
by MARSH, Ngaio
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1982
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- Unbound
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- 9780316546805
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£80.93
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. Unbound. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Printed white wrappers with a faintly toned spine and a tiny bit of soil, about fine. Final novel by the great mystery writer, who died before its publication. Item Price
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LIGHT THICKENS.
by MARSH, Ngaio (Dame Edith Ngaio), 1895-1982 :
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London, GBR
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London : William Collins Sons & Co. (The Crime Club), (1982). First edition. Her last novel - Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn and Detective Inspector Fox in theatreland - and the Scottish play. Demy 8vo (22cm). (252),[ii]pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; text lightly browned, but a very good copy in the original Colin Thomas dust-jacket - slightly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Light Thickens
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780002314770
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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London: Collins, 1982. The Crime Club edition - and the author's final book. Lightly bumped at head of spine, faint vertical crease down spine, slightly cocked, pages darkened, else near fine. Pages spotless and binding tight. DJ price-clipped, lightly rubbed along edges, else very good plus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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