Search Results: died in the wool by marsh

London: Youth Book Club, 1951. First edition. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. A Very Good Copy In Very Good Dust Jacket. Small closed tears and nicks to edge of dust jacket. Extremely Rare Signed By The Author 236 p.

London: Collins, 1945. A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1945. A very good book. In a very good unclipped wrapper with a few creases and tears only.

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1945. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A thrilling murder mystery set in remote New Zealand by Ngaio Marsh, the first edition of this Roderick Alleyn novel. The first edition, first impression, with no later printings stated.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'Died in the Wool' is the thirteenth Roderick Alleyn novel, in which a New Zealand parliamentarian is murdered on a remote sheep farm. Ngaio Marsh was one of the leading Queens of Crime during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Dorothy L. Sayers. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping and fading to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of small marks to the boards. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a small chip to the head of the front wrap, and neat tape repairs to the reverse, with a repair to a closed… Read More

Auckland: Collins, 1944 AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION inscription to 'Phil Fitz. Henry' to fep, (500 gram rate) olive green cloth titled in black with THE CRIME CLUB at spine tail, sewn binding, spine slightly loose and has a lean to it, closed top edge soiled with minor instances of old water marking to top margin ( edge) of some pages), 250pp oddly enough these war era editions printed in New Zealand to obviate the cost of shipping from the British printers are better quality in that they are folded and sewn sheets, earlier title by this famous New Zealand author, undated (1944) first edition. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Little, Brown and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/None. First edition. Unmarked hardcover no jacket.

LiTTLE BROWN Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN TAPE REPAIRED DUST JACKET..

Boston / Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 270 Pp. Brown Cloth Lettered In Red. First Edition Stated, 1945. Light Wear, Slight Fraying At Ends Of Spine, Former Owner's Name.

Auckland: Collins, 1944 olive green cloth titled in black with THE CRIME CLUB at spine tail, sewn binding, spine loose and has a lean to it, cloth rubbed to edges and joints, closed edges soiled, 250pp DW unclipped, chipped to corners, lacks tail of spine losing the crime Club title but not the logo, the word 'writers' in fountain pen to front fold in flap, fore edge fold split to bottom two thirds, oddly enough these war era editions printed in New Zealand to obviate the cost of shipping from the British printers are better quality in that they are folded and sewn sheets, earlier title by this famous New Zealand author, undated (1944) first edition by New Zealand author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Boston: Little Brown. VG. 1945. 1st ed ss. Erasures on front flylf. Some edge wear. Spot on rt bottom corner of front cover. Small bump along front bottom edge. .

First Collins White Circle edition # 300 of the thirteen novel in the Roderick Alleyn series. There is a 1/2 inch deep by 1/4 inch wide chunk of paper missing from the top rear corner of the spine. Light reading creases to the cover. Bottom outside corner of pages 31 to 45 were dog eared. In good condition.

Collins Bros and Co N/D. FIRST EDITION (NO DATE) NZ EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 250pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, gutters are sound but boards shaky & binding loose, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine but firmly reinforced at internal sides,moderate tanning & foxing to rear & flaps)

Auckland: Collins, 1944 olive green cloth titled in black with THE CRIME CLUB at spine tail, sewn binding, spine has a lean to it, cloth rubbed to edges and joints, 250pp, oddly enough these war era editions printed in New Zealand to obviate the cost of shipping from the British printers are better quality in that they are folded and sewn sheets, earlier title by this famous New Zealand author, undated (1944) first edition by New Zealand author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Pan Books, 1948. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. Pan Book 45. Edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings..

Berkley, 1961. Book. Poor. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First thus Berkley Medallion p/b 1961. Fair/Acceptable only for archivists. Cover shows a woman standing up. Brown text pages, cover wear and spine damage. No loose pages at the moment but the binding is brittle. 1st class posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt..

Berkley Medallion. Good. 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Good condition - taped tears to spine bottom, moderate edgewear/creasing, interior pages clean other than name on 1st page, heavy age tanning to page edges. "An M. P. Meets a woolly demise. Member of Parliament Florence Rubrick has the wool pulled over her eyes-quite literally. She's been found dead, her body pressed into a bale of wool. When Inspector Alleyn pays a visit to her New Zealand country home, he meets two fine, handsome men and two lovely young women, all of whom have reason to be grateful to dear Flossie for saving their lives. But as Inspector Alleyn learns, there are secrets aplenty hiding in the floorboards of that sheep station, and one in particular conceals a murderous motive that has the look and smell of treason..." (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Collins, London, No Date. Hard Cover. 8vo, First Thus. Book Condition: Good Plus. Boards and interior very clean. Dust Jacket: Fair. Edgeworn and pieces missing top spine..