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New York:: Mysterious Press,, 1994.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Book club. The twentieth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury - mystery set in 12th century England . 196 pp.

New York: Fawcett Crest [1985]. Near Fine. 1985. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0449207021 . First printing thus. "Who killed the young man on the day of the great siege?" Pictorial wrappers, 189 pages. Near Fine or better copy [cheap text paper starting to tan]. .

NY: Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/unclipped price; 118 clean, unmarked pages. color illustrations; owner's name. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Clifford Harper. 4 vo.

New York:: Mysterious Press,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dustjacket (glue remnants under flaps.). First US printing. The twentieth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury - mystery set in 12th century England .

New York: Mysterious Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0892964049 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Eighteen-year-old Annet Beck has a haunting, innocent beauty few can forget. There isn't a man in her small Shropshire village who hasn't once fallen in love with her. Small wonder her aged parents keep their only daughter on a short leash, screening her escorts to the local dances and encouraging her interest in singing with the church choir. One ordinary Thursday, just before teatime, Annet goes out to mail a letter - and doesn't return." "Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995) , also known by her nom de plume Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and… Leer más

New york: Mysterious Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0892965193 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "A classics master who fought with the Resistance, Wedderburn comes home to Comerford to teach school. Ironically, when the peace of the little village is shattered by the murder of a former German Prisoner of war, it is the peaceful Wedderburn who becomes the primary suspect." Originally published in the UK in 1951. "Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote her later crime stories, especially the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey in Shrewsbury. That pseudonym was drawn from the name of her brother, Ellis, and a version of the name of the… Leer más

London:: Headline (Hodder), , (1991). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages) .. Paperback. A mystery set in 12th century England, An envoy from the Bishop of Litchfield has come to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury to request that Brother Cadfael accompany him on a trip to Wales as an interpretor. 280 pp. Map endpapers.

London:: Headline (Hodder), , (1991). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages) .. Paperback. A mystery set in 12th century England, Befpre the Earl of Essex succumbs to a poisoned arrow, the abbey of Ramsay is restored to the Benedictines - but in such a sorry state that a call for help goes out the all the houses. 285 pp. Map endpapers.

London:: Headline (Hodder), , (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages) .. First printing. Mystery featuring Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury - set in 12th century England . 276 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1991. First U.S. edition. Remainder mark, fine in a fine dust jacket. (5658). Octavo, Hardcover. An Inspector Felse mystery.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1989. First U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (5659). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: William Morrow and Company Inc 1982 Hardcover. 0688010970 First US edition, with review slip laid in. 223 pages. Fine in like jacket. See photos clphE

Garden City: Crime Club/ Doubleday, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Hardcover. 191 pp. Very good, some staining and a single name ownership sig. front free endpaper; some foxing to the rear endpapers; spine lettering rubbed. In dust jacket with significant wear along the spine as well as the tips. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK UNDER THIS, HER MORE FAMOUS PEN NAME. A man accepts the position of tutor to the son of a concert violinist with whom he had been in love many years before. He know Crispin would be a difficult child -- what he did not know was that the boy and his strange ideas about the death of his archaeologist father would involve him in a three-thousand year old mystery.

London: The Crime Club for Collins, 1967. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. 1967, First UK edition. Hardcover, red cloth. A Near Fine, sharp, clean copy in a Good+ dust jacket. Shallow loss to the spine ends; 2-inch tear along the fold between the spine and front panel; 2 short snags repaired with clear tape on the blank side; other light rubbing and discoloration. DJ now in mylar.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Second Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); one quarter red cloth, with natural paper sides, in color pictorial dustwrapper; natural endpapers; 192pp. Spine mildly tanned; gentle shelf wear, edges slightly rolled and creased; yellowing at margins, plus spots of foxing on inner flaps. Front board yawning; spots of trivial soiling intermittent throughout, else interiors clean. A Very Good or Better copy. It is Autumn of 1140, and Shrewsbury Abbey is in for another mystery that laces the ill fate of a visiting political envoy with that of a troubled young novice. It seems like an open and shut case when confessions are made, but of course, things are not always as they seem—it's up to Brother Cadfael to unravel the knot, just as other knots are being tied during an abbey wedding... The Devil's Novice, first published in 1983, is eighth in Ellis Peters' popular medieval suspense series.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1985. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); one quarter blue cloth, with pale blue paper sides, stamped in foil, in color pictorial dustwrapper; 5-190pp. Front board slightly yawning. Dustwrapper mildly toned, with gentle handling wear and bumps to edges; small abrasion to front panel; original $15.95 price intact on inner flap. Textblock shows trivial bumps to edges, else contents very clean and tight. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustwrapper. An Excellent Mystery is both an excellent mystery and the eleventh installment in Ellis Peters' popular Brother Cadfael mystery series—a sort of CSI for Medieval times. In this episode, Shrewsbury Abbey welcomes a pair of monks, one a deathly ill veteran of the Crusades and the other his mute but loyal companion. Things take a turn when the former squire of one of the monks shows up, asking to marry his master's former betrothed. Fair deal, until we discover that the bride-to-be has been missing for three years.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1983. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm); one quarter dark blue cloth, with bright blue paper sides, stamped in gilt; color pictorial dustwrapper; 7-220pp, frontispiece (map). Dustwrapper sunned, with toning to white portions; mild shelf wear, scuffs and soiling; heel and crown of spine slightly bumped. Textblock edges foxed, else interiors clean and sound, Very Good. The sixth installment in Peters' popular Cadfael Chronicles medieval mystery series. In the midst of civil war, a snowstorm, and a wave of bandit violence, two orphans are lost in the countryside surrounding Shrewsbury Abbey. An injured monk helps Brother Cadafel find one of them, but the boy's sister remains missing and Cadfael's discovery of a young girl's body beneath the ice is only the first crack in a complex case.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1984. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); one quarter white cloth, with grey paper sides, spine stamped in gilt, in color pictorial dustwrapper; red endpapers; 5-190pp. Dustwrapper shows mild toning and surface wear, with rubbing to extremities; heel and crown of spine slightly bumped; price sticker on rear. Textblock edges faintly foxed, else interiors clean and unmarked. Very Good or better. Ellis Peters was one of many pseudonyms employed by English scholar/linguist Edith Pargeter, OBE, BEM. This is the tenth installment in her Brother Cadfael books, a popular historical mystery series about a sleuthing 10th century Benedictine monk. The Pilgrim of Hate establishes the plot at a celebration of St. Winifried, and the arrival of many pilgrims to Shrewsbury Abbey, including a rather dodgy duo whom Cadfael suspects might be involved in the recent slaying of a knight. In addition to many television, stage, and radio adaptations, "Brother Cadfael" has his… Leer más

Sussex: England: Post Mortem Books, 1999. 1st ed., thus of her first book [orig. published in 1938.] Bound in blue cloth with gilt-lettering and illustration on front cover, publisher stating that "the colour chosen for the binding is as close as could be found to the "poison" blue of traditional dispensary bottles." Issued without dust jacket but placed in clear acetate cover since received from publisher. Fine, as new copy. LIMITED EDITION. 1 of 350 copies numbered [this being #167] and SIGNED by Ralph Spurrier who wrote the introduction and is the publisher. 311pp.. Signed. First Thus. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, [1984]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 189pp.; map. Minor shelf wear, dust jacket flaps toned, corners gently bumped, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page: "To Ron / Best wishes, Ellis Peters.