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Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In his fifth appearance, Elizabethan stage manager Nicholas Bracewell is in the middle of a heated rivalry between two of his actors. When one is murdered, Bracewell finds there is no shortage of suspects. First U.S. printing. Very gently bumped. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges, in Brodart.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 1st Alan Saxon golf mystery. Very faint foxing to page edges; Dust jacket has some faint toning to inside flaps and a bit of sticker residue at top corner of front panel. In protective mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Merlin Richards mystery. Set against the backdrop of the building of the Arizona Biltmore, with cameo appearance by Frank Lloyd Wright. Clean, tight copy with square corners, light speckling on top page edges. Clean, unblemished dust jacket in protective Brodart cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Clean, tight copy with square corners, light speckling on top page edges. Clean, unblemished dust jacket in protective Brodart cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of the first novel in the Merlin Richards series. SIGNED by the author on the title page. In fine / fine unread condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Very minor soiling to top page block else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "It's the 1920s, and Frank Lloyd Wright is making architectural history. Young Welshman Merlin Richards, mesmerized by Wright's vision, gives up a promising career in his father's architectural firm to follow his dream of coming to America to meet Wright. In America, he catches up with Wright at the site of a stunning but controversial new hotel being built in the Arizona desert. Merlin is crestfallen when Wright ignores him but momentarily forgets his disappointment when he's befriended by an attractive young designer named Rosa Lustig. Then Rosa is murdered, and Merlin finds himself involved in a murder investigation, first as the prime suspect, then as the one person determined to find out who really killed Rosa. Miles, author of more than 40 mysteries, writes in a pleasant, low-key style, offering a well-designed story with clean lines, some intriguing bits of architectural history, a carefully researched look at the quixotic genius of Frank Lloyd Wright, and an endearingly earnest hero." -- Booklist. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, April 2003, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, one small wrinkle, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Volume X of the Domesday Books. The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the disappearance of one of the resident monks. Two novices, Elaf and Kenelm, show little concern for the missing Brother Nicholas. Rebelling against monastic discipline, they indulge in secret midnight adventures. Fearing discovery during their latest exploit, they hide in the Bell Tower, certain that they won't be found. Elaf, stumbling in the dark, trips over something and realizes, to his horror, that it is a dead body. Brother Nicholas has been found, his throat slit from ear to ear. The Abbey becomes paralyzed with fear. The Abbot is ill-equipped to deal with such a heinous crime and is still reeling from his conversation with the sheriff, who is convinced that one of the other brothers must be a killer. After all, who else would have access to the Abbey Church? Domesday commissioners Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret arrive, sent to resolve a land dispute. The vicious murder takes immediate priority, however, and they doubt the local sheriff's ability to solve the baffling case. Before long, Ralph and Gervase realize that the killing is just a symptom of a sinister presence that threatens the whole community and must be stopped at any cost. Inspired by real entries in the historic Domesday Book, The Owls of Gloucester is the tenth mystery in Edward Marston's spellbinding and richly drawn eleventh-century crime series. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. The 11th Elizabethan Theatre mystery featuring Nicolas Bracewell. "Murder makes a late entrance in Marston's (The Wanton Angel, etc.) 11th Elizabethan adventure, but enough else of interest is going on to keep the reader engaged. The inn yard of the Queen's Head, London, home of Lord Westfield's Men, lies icy, cold and deserted in the wake of a long bitter winter that has left the members of the company unemployed and desperate. When they get the opportunity to perform six plays at the Essex estate of Sir Michael Greenleaf, the leaders of the company are elated. However, there are two conditions: they must accept Davy Stratton, the son of a successful Essex merchant, as an apprentice, and one of the plays that they perform must be entirely new. An interview with young Davy persuades them to accept him, while a new play, The Witch of Rochester, written by a disgruntled lawyer, promises to be a hit. The joy of the company is short-lived as one catastrophe after another threatens to halt their productions. The playwright lawyer becomes belligerent, an avid Puritan attempts to prevent the company from performing in Essex and Davy himself causes more mayhem and havoc than could ever have been anticipated. When a member of the audience drops dead during one of the performances, series hero Nicholas Bracewell determines to seek the truth. Lively characters, meticulous attention to historical detail, humor and wit more than compensate for the plot's slow evolution." -- Publishers Weekly. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1988 hardcover release) first printing of a fine softcover pages toning. The 1st novel in the Nicholas Bracewell mystery series, the stage manager for an acting company in Elizabethan London England U.K.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Lars Hokanson (illustrator). 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In 1988, Miles began a series set in the theatrical world of Elizabethan London. For this series, and for most of his subsequent writing, he adopted the pseudonym Edward Marston, the name reflecting that of a real Elizabethan playwright, John Marston. The series features a fictional theatrical company, Westfield's Men, and, in particular, Nicholas Bracewell, its book-holder, a position similar to that of the modern stage manager. His next series as Marston was set during the reign of William the Conqueror; its two main characters, surveyors for Domesday Book, are Ralph Delchard, a Norman soldier, and Gervase Bret, a former novice turned lawyer, who is half Saxon and half Breton. " (from Wikipedia) ; Vol. 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of first British edition with complete number line (10-1). Unmarked, unclipped, extremely bright, incredibly tight, crisp, unread copy in superb condition. This copy is gorgeous! Very light foxing to text top edge. Archival mylar covered out jacket. Carefully bubble wrapped and ships in sturdy box.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, September 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The small village of Madldon is controlled by the wealthy and rapacious Fitzcorbuncion family, led by Hamo Fitzcorbucion, the lord of Blackwater Castle. A volatile bully, Hamo has amassed wealth and land by means both legal and shady, intimidating the villagers into silence. When his eldest son, Guy, is found murdered, an enraged Hamo demands justice and will stop at nothing to get it. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of first British edition with complete number line (10-1). Unmarked, unclipped, extremely bright, extra tight, crisp, unread copy in superb condition. This copy is beautiful. Archival mylar covered out jacket. Carefully bubble wrapped and ships in sturdy box.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Printing. 1st printing. A Fine, unread copy of the trade paperback, still in shrinkwrap. Eighteen stories. TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF MURDER!!!! Iddo the Samaritan finds a severed head in a barrel of fish. A stammerer tries to save the life of the Emperor Charlemagne. William the Conqueror stares death in the face. Gerald of Wales solves a crime with the help of a shoulder blade of a ram. Nicholas Bracewell encounters murder on the high seas. A deadly assassin stalks a Victorian politician. A mild-mannered author is driven to an act of slaughter. Someone steals the statue of Nelson from the top of his column in Trafalgar Square. A violinist plots the death of a female musician. Friends fall out on a boat trip to France and one of them disappears overboard. Edward Marston's mystery stories cover two thousand years of history yet they all have an eerie topicality. What does vary is the mode of detection. While a Samaritan in the Holy Land has to rely on instinct to catch a villain, the Scotland Yard detectives who hunt for the missing Lord Nelson can call on all the resources of modern technology. Horror and humor walk hand in hand in these yarns. Crimes of all kinds are woven into them but the abiding theme is murder - of a person, of a hope, of a reputation. The Guardian wrote: "Consummate storytelling, a love of period and astute characterisation and plotting are the hallmarks of all Marston's books.". Trade Paperback.

Condition: acceptable. The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This offering is a book in the George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield books written by Conrad Allen (Edward Marston). To my knowledge the book has never been read, Murder on the Marmora is a book in the series of ocean liner mysteries written by the prolific Edward Marston/Keith Miles . . . this time writing under the pseudonym of Conrad Allen. The book was published by St. Martin's Minotaur - is a stated First Edition with the requisite number line - and is not an ex-library copy. Both the book and the dust jacket are in very good + condition. The book is 5 3/4" by 8 1/2" and has 295 pages. I'm not sure the set would be a nice gift for someone going on a cruise as reading material before they depart . . . perhaps after they've returned (?). Thank you!

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.