Murder Being Once Done by Rendell Ruth, First Edition (17 results)

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. Stamped on endpage.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus.

Paperback. Condition: NF. 1st Edition. Ninth printing of the first Vintage Crime/Black Lizard paperback. 5 1/ 4" x 8" trade paperback is in near fine condition. Mild tanning to the page margins. A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published for the Crime Club. 8vo. Pp 201. Original cloth. Wear to the edges, with a small dent to the bottom of the front board. The unclipped pictorial d/w is a little ragged to the edges, with wear and several small tears, though only very limited loss. Foxing to edges but internally clean and sound. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First US edition, very good in a very good dust jacket. Light gray cloth is a little discolored at the top of the front board. The top edge of the pages is lightly soiled and spotted, and the book has a very slight spine roll. The jacket has light wear and soiling at the edges, and the inside (non-printed side) is slightly soiled. An Inspector Wexford novel. $4.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book.

Hard Cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo, pp. [10], 201. Publisher's light grey cloth with black titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial jacket. Very light bruising to spine tips and associated small (5mm approx.) nick to jacket spine head, repaired verso with clear tape; very slight soiling to boards. Near Fine book in Very Good jacket. Crime Club edition. Seventh book in the Inspector Wexford series by acclaimed crime writer, Ruth Rendell, which sees Wexford drawn into a murder investigation in London of a girl whose body was found in a cemetery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gray cloth, very slight lean; jacket shows edge-wear with tiny chip, crinkling at spine ends, soiling to rear cover.

1st edition, hardback, 192pp, ex-library, stamp and label residue on front endpapers, foxing on page edges, stamp on top edges, text otherwise clean and sound, publisher's cloth, no external library markings, board corners bumped, Good condition in Good dustwrapper; wrapper edges frayed with small loss at top corner of spine, several small closed tears and some creasing, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0091116007.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, About Fine, inner gutter somewhat darknened in a Very Good D.J.with a tiny tear at top edge and very light general rubbing, the Doubleday Books of the period are notorious for their cheap and lousy materials.(VVbrmTV2).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket is a touch shelf rubbed, but remains whole and intact. Likewise for the boards, which are a little edge worn but strong. Internally, there is a previous owner's signature on the half title page but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. Tightly bound and presents beautifully in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Original Black Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1972. 192pp. First printing. "A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the command of Wexford's nephew, are baffled, Wexford decides to brave his doctor's wrath and the condescension of the London police by doing a little investigating of his own. A compelling story of mysterious identity and untimely death, Murder Being Once Done is Rendell at her most sublime. . With her Inspector Wexford novels, Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, has added layers of depth, realism and unease to the classic English mystery. For the canny, tireless, and unflappable policeman is an unblinking observer of human nature, whose study has taught him that under certain circumstances the most unlikely people are capable of the most appalling crimes.". Unclipped jacket in very good condition. Minor shelfwear to edges, with slight rubbing to corners and top / bottom of spine. Closed tear (1cm) to top of spine. Slight foxing to bottom edge, otherwise the book is in excellent condition. Slight offsetting to endpapers. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine in a Fine jacket. 1st Printing. Review slip laid in.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A superb first edition copy of Ruth Rendell's seventh Inspector Wexford novel. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Murder Being Once Done' is the seventh of Ruth Rendell's novels to feature her popular Inspector Wexford.This novel sees Wexford take a break to convalesce in London. However, his rest does not last long, as his detective nephew asks for his aid in solving the case of a young girl's body found in a Gothic tomb in a London cemetery. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head of the spin. A few light marks to the cloth. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, and a few light marks to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Ruth Rendell's acclaimed detective novel. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Murder Being Once Done is Ruth Rendell's acclaimed detective novel with ingenious plot twists and intriguing characters. It follows the story of Chief Inspector Wexford convalescing in London. It is a story that takes many unexpected twists and turns. In the original cloth boards in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Marginal age toning to the flyleaf. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A signed first edition of this Chief Inspector Wexford novel. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, price-clipped dustwrapper with photo portrait of the author by Mark Gerson to back panel. Offsetting to front & rear endpapers. Signed to the title page in black fibre pen. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. First Edition. Octavo, 201 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $4.95 on front flap. First edition, stated.

First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with minor wear to foot of spine and top edge of front cover. The seventh Inspector Wexford novel. Wexford takes sick leave and goes to London to stay with a relative for rest, no late nights, no alcohol, and no criminal investigations. But what is he to do when his own nephew, a detective with Scotland Yard, asks for his help?