9781885941084 - Who Killed Father Christmas : and Other Unseasonable Demises (2 results)

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Deborah Miller  Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by Author. Introduction by author. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Attached to the rear end page is a carbon copy of page 49 from the author's files of the novel Black Girl, White Girl. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Deborah Miller, with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. 21 short stories and one novella from this crime writer, with a festive theme. This book is a limited edition of 350 copies  of which this is 283 and signed by the author to the verso of the title page. Minor rubbing of the book corners and softening of the back strip edges. Some marks to the text block edges. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 8 - 273, [7  of which six are further titles from publishing house] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Deborah Miller  Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Short Stories; Signed by Author. ISBN: 1885941080. ISBN/EAN: 9781885941084. Inventory No: 0288263.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Moyes, Patricia. Who killed Father Christmas? And other useasonable demises. Norfolk, Virginia: Crippen & Landru, 1996. First edition, Limited edition of 350, of which this is number 120, signed by the author on separate front end paper adjacent to title page, and with an original typescript page '2' from the author's files of a story in the book pasted into the back. Hardback, VG+, in unclipped dustjacket in protective transparent sleeve. Red cloth with black lettering to spine. Binding strong. 273pp. + published advertisements. Light foxing to edges of page block. Contents clean and bright. Patricia Pakenham-Walsh, also known as Patricia Moyes (19 January 1923 2 August 2000) was a British mystery writer. Her mystery novels feature C.I.D. Inspector Henry Tibbett. One of them, Who Saw Her Die (Many Deadly Returns in the USA) was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1971. Moyes was inducted into the Detection Club in 1971. In addition to the Tibbett mysteries, she also wrote several juveniles and short stories. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Signed by Author(s).