Murder Being Once Done by Rendell Ruth, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. From the collection of Lawrence "Larry" Ashmead, important editor with Doubleday, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins. Ashmead was the American editor of Rendell's Doubleday books. First American Edition. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket with edge wear and a small edge tear, nice copy. SIGNED: "Ruth Rendell." Rendell has been showered with awards. She won a Silver Dagger, four Gold Daggers, and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime's Achievement in the Field from Great Britain's Crime Writers Association. She won three Edgars and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She won the Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award for Lifetime Achievement. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First. Rendell's 7th Book in her Inspector Wexford series, and for some reason, one of the scarcer titles from the series, particularly signed. From the publisher: 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. This copy is fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. No marks or damage at all. The unclipped DJ is also excellent. Signed by Rendell on the title page. Very scarce, especially signed. From a private collection. . EB19.

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).