Off With His Head

by Marsh, Ngaio

Off With His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957. The plot concerns a village festival in the English countryside, and features Morris dancing among other folkloric elements. The novel was published as Death of a Fool in the United States, a reference to the fact that the murder victim is playing a Fool in the festival.

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Off With His Head

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by Marsh, Ngaio

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London: Readers Book Club. No Date, 1950s. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Dj is lightl rubbed with some light chipping to spine ends. Previous owner's details (neat stamp) to front free end paper. Some discolouration to front hinge. … Read more about this item
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London: Readers Book Club No date. Unmarked, square, early Book Club hardcover in a jacket. 271pp. Jacket is only Fair, with large chips, scuffs, wear. Withal, in a protective mylar cover.. Book Club Edition (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.
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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally titled Death of a Fool,in the US ( Little Brown,Boston) in 1956, preceding the UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,published under the title of 'Off With His Head.' (1957).] VG+.No owner inscrptn and minus issued to dw/dj.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed lettering to slightly darkened spine/backstrip and clean endpapers - albeit with light… Read more about this item
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by Ngaio Marsh

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1957
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this detective novel from New Zealand mystery writer Ngaio Marsh. First edition. Set in the snowbound winter of a small English village, an annual performance in the courtyard of the local… Read more about this item
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London: Collins, 1957. First edition, first printing. Published by Collins Crime Club in London, 1957. A very good copy. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped, displaying the original 12s, 6d. Some wear to the spine tips and corners - a little loss to one corner. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text… Read more about this item
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Evans Brothers, London, 1980. Hard Cover. 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Very Good. Inscription endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light edgewear..
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by Ngaio Marsh

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1958
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London: Companion Book Club, 1958. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good copy very readable Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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OFF WITH HIS HEAD.

OFF WITH HIS HEAD.

by Marsh, Ngaio (1895 - 1982)

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London:: Collins / The Crime Club,, (1957). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in red boards with black lettering on spine in a good dust jacket (toning to book and dj, chip to dj at base of spine) Original price of 12s 6d on dj. . First UK printing. Mystery set in a small English village, which… Read more about this item
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by Marsh, Ngaio (1895-1982)

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1974
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[London] : Fontana, 1974. Reprint. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 302 pages. Subjects; Authors, New Zealand 20th century. New Zealand fiction 20th century. Fiction in English. Fiction Mystery & Detective General.
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by Marsh, Ngaio (1895-1982)

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[London] : Fontana, 1979. Reprint. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 302 pages. Subjects; Authors, New Zealand 20th century. New Zealand fiction 20th century. Fiction in English. Fiction Mystery & Detective General.
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by Ngaio Marsh

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by Ngaio Marsh

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1974
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Fontana, 1974. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Off with His Head

by MARSH Ngaio

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1957
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London: Collins, 1957 (500 gram rate) light handling soiling, lacks DW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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by Ngaio Marsh

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1957
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Wear to the dust jacket, bumping to the corners and spine, fading to the top and bottom of the spine and foxing to the end-papers. The contents are clean, bright and free from markings or inscriptions.
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OFF WITH HIS HEAD

OFF WITH HIS HEAD

by Ngaio Marsh

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Fontana. Poor. Paperback. 0006169198 . [POOR condition] (edges "tanned" & heavy reading creases) (cover & spine wear) (Roderick Alleyn Mystery - NOT a tie-in to TV series, novel only) (reading copy only) .
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Off With His Head

Off With His Head

by Ngaio Marsh

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Fontana - Collins, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. 6th Impression. 255 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item
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OFF WITH HIS HEAD

by MARSH, NGAIO

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1957
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LONDON: THE CRIME CLUB / COLLINS, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. A GOOD TO VERY GOOD book, rubbed and rounded corners, spine slightly cocked.
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by MARSH, NGAIO

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The Crime Club/Collins Clear-Type Press 1957. FIRST EDITION, SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (scruffy) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
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by Ngaio Marsh

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1958
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Off with his head

by Marsh, Ngaio (1895-1982)

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