Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka Tapa dura - 1973

Gollancz, London, 1973,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0575017554 1st edition, hardback, 288pp, ex-library, front endpaper removed, owner's name, library stamps on half-title, title page and bottom edges, edges browning, Fair condition in Very Good unclipped and unmarked dustwrapper. ISBN: 0575017554 .

Gollancz, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 450 g; 288 pages, in original red paper boards with a yellow Gollancz dustjacket. Traces of foxing/spotting to the top and front edges of the text block, and an abrasion at the left-hand edge of the front free end page from the removal of a reviewer's slip. There is no other damage to describe. Dorothy Sayers had her detective having a busman's holiday, and Josef Skvorecky is no different having his Czechoslovakian lieutenant on holidays in Italy, in a story which has 12 plots, many of them involving theatrical people or musicians and 1 concerns a band of mountaineers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0575017554. ISBN/EAN: 9780575017559. Inventory No: 0233550. . 9780575017559