Ex-lib. Lacks fep. Tape marks on covers but excellent jacket.
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M J Trow is a crime writer, historian and biographer who for many years doubled as a history teacher. Now retired, he is the author of three successful crime fiction series – Lestrade, Maxwell and Kit Marlowe, the latest written in collaboration with his wife. He lives in the Isle of Wight, and as well as writing lectures on cruise ships has appeared many times on television in historical and crime documentaries.
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Seller: More Than Words, Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Before placing your order for please contact us for confirmation on the book's binding. Check out our other listings to add to your order for discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # WAL-C-2d-003031
Seller: Bookmans, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. Seller Inventory # mon0002731287
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004198471
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Seller: Bookmarc's, La Porte, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BH1 - A first edition (First Published 1985 stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and back left side, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, moderate tanning, and light shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8"x5". 224 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. It is 1891 and London is still reeling from the horror of the unsolved Ripper murders when Inspector Lestrade (that 'ferret-like' anti-hero so often out-detected by the legendary Sherlock Holmes) is sent to the Isle of Wight to investigate a strange corpse found walled up in Shanklin Chine. But this is only the start of the nightmare. It is merely the beginning of a series of killings so brutal, so bizarre and, apparently, so random, that only a warped genius - and a master of disguise - could be responsible. Even when Lestrade pieces together the extraordinary pattern behind the crimes from the anonymous poems sent after each murder, he is no closer to knowing the identity of the sinister, self-styled 'Agrippa', the 'great, long, red-legg'd scissor-man'. It becomes a very personal battle and Lestrade's desperate race to avert the next death in the sequence takes him all over the country, from London to the Pennines and back, resulting in a portfolio of suspects which covers the entire range of late-Victorian society. MJ Trow whirls from ballroom to bar-room, from vicarage to spiritualist gathering, from the studio of the celebrated Alma-Tadema to 221 B Baker Street with spell-binding panache. In this witty, original and often hilarious pastiche he keeps the reader guessing right up to the dazzling and ingenious denouement. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 2206ec825
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first British edition, preceding the American edition by 13 years. Brown cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. Author's first book. Age toning to page margins, else book and dust jacket in fine condition. Seller Inventory # 000546
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. G, Ex-Library, usual markings, tape stains, shelfwear, bumping, spine lean, label removal abrasion & perforation to first blank page, browning/VG, Edgewear, tape stains, creases, indentations, browning. Historical mystery featuring Inspector Sholto Lestrade. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request. Seller Inventory # 026600
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # K01OS-00299
Seller: Happy Heroes, Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: NF ( slight tanning. Dust Jacket Condition: vg. Seller Inventory # 11988
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post. Seller Inventory # mon0000002283
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Gebrauchtbücherlogistik H.J. Lauterbach, Gummersbach, NRW, Germany
Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 20,5 cm 224 S. ; Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Sehr Gut gering gebräunt; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt. Seller Inventory # 381607