Delving Michael Pseud Jay Williams (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 174 pp. American rare book and antiques dealer Daev Cannon returns in this mystery novel set in the English village of Wade in Gloucestershire. Dave and his English wife visit the town to have a holiday and do some antiques hunting and Dave indeed finds one-a 13th century silver gilt casket. But that rare object entangles the Cannons in a complicated plot involving a River Severn tidal wave called a bore, a bizarre young poet, and ancient family---and a very modern murder.

First Edition. Antiques background. Slight spine lean otherwise VG in VG- jacket which has a little wear to corners and spine ends.

First Edition. Antiques background. VG in VG- jacket which has a little wear to the top of the spine.

First Edition. Inscription from the author in both names to a Gloucestershire woman in appreciation and referencing 'Ben-Penny' as where some of it was written. Ben Penny appears to be a property in the village of Amberley, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, England where many of the books are set, so it seems likely Williams stayed there when writing this, his first novel. VG in unclipped VG dustjacket which has just a little bruising to the foot of the spine.