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The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders 1811 is P. D. James's only work of true crime: a historical mystery every bit as gripping as her bestselling novels.
About the Author
P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of the Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council, and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She is an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature (US). She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983, and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors.She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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- PublisherConstable
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0094580200
- ISBN 13 9780094580206
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First. First Edition. Near fine, some very small (water?) staining to bottom corner of DJ and first three pages. A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar. Seller Inventory # 46073
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The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders 1811
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: True Crime; England; 19th century; History. ISBN: 0094580200. ISBN/EAN: 9780094580206. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 22647: Storage For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. Seller Inventory # 22647
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The Maul and the Pear Tree : The Ratcliffe Highway
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Brown Cloth Hard Cover With Silver Gilt Titled Spine - Slight Wear. Clipped Jacket With Slight Edge Wear And Rubbing. Seller Inventory # 009177
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The maul and The Pear Tree : the Ratcliffe Highway murders, 1811 / T. A. Critchley and P. D. James
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 234p., illus., plans (on lining papers) ; 23cm. Subjects: Williams, John (1784-1811). Serial murders -- London (England) -- Case studies. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 311039
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THE MAUL AND THE PEAR TREE: THE RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY MURDERS 1811
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ISBN 13: 9780094580206
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First edition. James' first foray into non-fiction. She and Critchley delve into the Ratcliffe Highway murders .which were to Regency London what Jack the Ripper was to Victorian London. A FINE book in VERY GOOD+ jacket ( fade to spine and price-clip the only flaws). Seller Inventory # JD2152
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