Inspector Ghote Draws a Line Tapa dura - 1979

London: Collins, 1979. A clean, tight copy which has some spotting to rear pastedown and endpaper with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. A new task for Inspector Ghote, most delightful of fictional detectives, and one yet more daunting perhaps than any he has hitherto encountered. He is ordered off to a vast old house buried deep in the heat-soaked Indian countryside to protect an aged, unpopular and rigidly obstinate judge of the British Raj era, against whom death threats have been made. Ghote soon finds that his opponent is not the unknown who has been sending threatening letters, but the old judge himself. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London.: Collins (The Crime Club)., 1979. 195pp. DW is price clipped with light shelf wear.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

LONDON : COLLINS Crime Club, 1979 Red Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 205 x 140 mm approx. 196 pp. First Edition 1979. See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Very Good/ Very Good (Book- mild general shelf wear to boards no notable soiling, hint of dust spotting to top edge of book block. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- A little shelf rubbing to extremities, non price clipped - cover £4.25 No other notable defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

London: Collins, 1979. First Edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is somewhat sunned and marked, and edges are creased. Spine ends are bumped and spine is cocked. Page block head is tanned and lightly blemished. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1979. First Edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is somewhat sunned and marked, with an ink cross to the price on the front inner flap. Slight lean to the spine, and page block is lightly blemished. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

London: Collins, 1979. Clean and bright with no inscriptions and not clipped. 195 pages.. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 5" x 8". Hardback.

Collins, Crime Club. Red covers, slightly faded at the edges; no inscriptions. Some of the red text of the dust jacket sunned; not price clipped. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 1979.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1979. Spine heel gently bumped, top of the text block a bit foxed. Jacket very faintly sunned at the upper extremeties, in mylar. Signed by Keating on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

London: Collins, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. The interior of the book is clean and crisp. The author has autographed the title page, but there are no other marks or wear. The red voers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in excellent condtion, with no tears or damage. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Inspector Ghote is "ordered off to a vast old house buried deep in the heat-soaked Indian countryside to protect an aged, unpopular and rigidly obstinate judge of the British Raj era, against whom death threats have been made. In the old house, itself still run in the routines of the Raj, Ghote soon finds that his chief opponent is not the unknown who has been leaving Justice Sir Asif Ibrahim threatening letters, but the formidable, iron-principled old judge himself.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.