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London: Macmillan, 1977 G/VG-. 8vo. original brown boards (ex-library with occ. rsms, labels etc to outer leaves, wear to edges, spine slanting, thumbed and marked, gathering reaffixed with tape) in dustwrapper priced £3.50 net (rubbed and creased, small wear at extremities, label mark on spine); pp. 192. A reading copy of the first edition of the 1st Cadfael chronicle.. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/VG-.

London: Macmillan, [1977]. First Edition. Small octavo (20.25cm.); original simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 191pp. Very light wear to jacket extremities, minor soil to textblock edges, a few brief marks in black sharpie to title page and p. [192] (some bleeding through), else Near Very Good or better. The first of the author's Cadfael series, considered to be one of the best historical mystery novels of all time according to The Wall Street Journal (2010) and is featured on the list the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time issued by the Crime Writers' Association (Britain).

The first book in the the Brother Cadfael series of mysteries set in England during the middle ages. First edition first state with duplicate line printed on page 97. Very good in good dust jacket. Small stain to bottom edge of front board near spine, book slightly cocked. Dust jacket has small indentation and wrinkling to front panel, wrinkling to rear panel, Some lettering on front panel rubbed, verso of jacket has abrasions with some paper loss possibly from removal of old dust jacket cover material.

(London): Macmillan London Limited, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. First printing, octavo size, 192 pp. The first book in the "Brother Cadfael" series, the title character being a Benedictine monk living in Wales in the early 12th century, who "combines the curious mind of a scientist/pharmacist with a knight-errant". The series would eventually encompass twenty novels, and was adapted to the stage, radio and television, the latter bringing the series into prominence starring Sir Derek Jacobi. Written by the linguist and scholar Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995) under the pseudonym of Ellis Peters. Pargeter not only wrote multiple works of historical fiction (the Cadfael series, the "Brothers of Gwynedd" trilogy and more) but also authored history and Czech translations (n.b., info and above quote from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full rust-coloured textured paper over boards, black lettering debossed on the spine, page 97 with a double line of text; octavo size (7 15/16" by… Leer más