Grave Mistake not Collection by Ngaio Marsh, First Edition (50 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The last three detective novels written by one of the "Queens of Crime", Ngaio Marsh, all being very smart first editions. First editions, published by the Crime Club.These are the last three detective novels to feature Roderick Alleyn, the policeman hero of the thirty-two volume series by New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director, Ngaio Marsh.With the original unclipped dust wrappers.Grave Mistake (1978) - This plot concerns the supposed suicide of a wealthy widow in a chic rest spa, and involves a rare and famous postage stamp.Photo-Finish (1980) - This is the last of Marsh's four novels set in New Zealand, with the setting here being a millionaire's mansion in South Island, where Alleyn is commissioned to investigate the activities of a masked paparazzo.Light Thickens (1982) - The final novel to feature Alleyn, who must solve the murder of the lead actor in a production of Macbeth in London. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart, with slight cocking to the joints and minor shelf wear. Dust wrappers for 'Photo-Finish' and 'Light Thickens' are very smart, with edge wear and the odd mark to the wrap. Dust wrapper for 'Grave Mistake' has a couple tears to the front panel and slightly more notable edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Contents to 'Light Thickens' are age toned due to paper used. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt spine lettering. Formerly owned by the late crime writer ROBERT BARNARD with his name written in his own hand on FEP and also dated 07/10/78. A fine book n a very nearly fine D/W that is slightly rubbed on the tips of the spine and also slightly nicked in a couple of places. Absolutely NO FADING to the D/W spine whatsoever. The D/W is NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A superior copy and scarce with these attributes and in this condition. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. DJ unclipped, not a book club edition. Tight and clean has the 11/78 designation on the copyright page. DJ excellent, not faded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. A mystery in Dame Marsh's series featuring Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn and Detective-Inspector Fox. Fine in fine dustjacket. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG/VG. First American edition, first printing. 252 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, tight, sound, with clean text. 256-page paperback. some chipping to front cover.

Condition: FINE. First printing. Mystery set in a small English village by this New Zealand-born author who was considered (along with Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Dorothy L. Sayers) one of the four "Queens of Crime" during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction Features Superintendent Roderick Alleyn and his assistant Fox. 278 pp. Fine in red boards with gilt lettering on spine in a very near fine dust jacket (dj is folded slightly off-center) - uncommon in this condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. slight spine slant, very light soiling to top page edge else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped (£4.50 net still intact), small stain at rear, one small closed tear. Book.

First book edition. Collins Crime Club, 1978, 1st edition hardcover in jacket, rare British crime hardcover, nice copy, bright and firm, minor wear to edges of jacket at lower spine, still book is near Fine and the jacket is solid VG+. British.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. GRAVE MISTAKE by Ngaio Marsh- 1st UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very God. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. red cloth, gilt spine, 252 pages, two lines in ink on front free endpaper, spine of d.j. a little darkened, else a very good copy of the firts Amer. edition, (so stated) with $8.95 price on d.j. flap), Sybil Foster of Upper Quintern is terribly proud of her gardener and of her new asparagus beds, but when her unwelcome stepson arrives, she heads for "a chic spa for a rest cure, a liaison with the spa's director . and an apparent suicide."-.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, UK. 278 pages, very good. Book.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First US printing. Mystery set in a small English village by this New Zealand-born author who was considered (along with Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Dorothy L. Sayers) one of the four "Queens of Crime" during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction Features Superintendent Roderick Alleyn and his assistant Fox. 243 pp. Dust jacket by Alexander Farquarson Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (slight spine slant, few spots on back cover of dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1978). Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book shows very minor bumping to the top of the spine, and ageing to the top page edges. It has a small black pen mark to the bottom page edges. The dust jacket shows general wear and ageing. It is encased in a removable plastic sleeve. Overall a very good, tight copy for a book of this age. (See pictures). Another Collins Crime Club novel by this well respected crime writer.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some foxing but a very good copy in publisher's orange wrappers. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Spine lean, top edge of boards faded, spotty browning on top of text block, still about very good in a very good browned, price clipped, and very slightly edgeworn dust jacket with a few small stains on back panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A crime novel. Dustwrapper spine just a touch syunned.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. First edition. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. New archival mylar dj cover. 278 pages. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

hardbound. Condition: VG in VG DJ. 1st edition. 3 small coffee drop stains on front of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edtion.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Published for the export market with no price on jacket; usually preceded domestic issue and shipped to the "colonies" so the book could be released at the same time all over the world. . A FINE book in NEAR FINE jacket ( trace of rubbing).** See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and abroad.**.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. (Mystery, crime).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Very Good Clean And Tight Copy, Bright Dj With A Little Shelf Wear, No Marks But Name On Inside Ffep In Ink Is Small, Marsh Classics. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1978 1st edition, 8vo., 278pp., binding slightly cocked, very good, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. the twenty-eighth book in this Grand Master's mystery series featuring Scotland Yard's Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn and Detective-Inspector Fox; some small stains on text's edges, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, with a slight spine lean; dustjacket's front flap has small price sticker, back panel lightly soiled,very minimal surface and edgewear.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper price clipped & a little worn / chipped to top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has slight lea. Browning to jacket.