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NY: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2003. First US Edition. Hardcover. 277 pages. A lovely copy that looks unread. Bumped spine tail, faint edgewear to unclipped dust wrapper. ; <b>Set in 1568, Mistress Ursula Blanchard is sent by Queen Elizabeth to deliver a confidential message to Mary, Queen of Scots, who is imprisoned in Northern England.</b> .

NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. 429 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly rubbed and edgeworn. A very nice copy. ; <B>In this 16th Amelia Peabody mystery it is 1917 and World War One continues to ravage the world. The family returns to their home in Luxor and discovers that a new royal tomb has been ransacked by thieves.</B> .

New York: St Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1993. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312098219. 158 pages; Spine head lightly bumped. Dust wrapper, not price cut, has a triangular chip from bottom back panel, a few closed tears and creases and edgewear. A small rectangular discoloration on front panel, from a price sticker? ; Author's real name is Peter Chambers. He is the former president of the Crime Writers Assoc. . Catalogs: Anglophile Mystery. Keywords: British Author, English Mystery, Novel.

NY: Avon Books. Very Good. c1940, 1970s. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 221 pages. Faint spine creases, light cover creases, light edgewear. Pages age browned but clean and not brittle; none loose. ; <b>Serial murder baffles local authorities, but for the ever-unshakable Lord Peter and the working-class sleuth Montague Egg, the killings are intriguing invitations to unravel postmortem puzzles, fascinating falsehoods, mysterious motives, and diabolical demises. This collection of short stories (17 stories, including two Peter Wimsey stories and five Montague Egg stories) was originally published in 1940.</b> .

NY: Riverhead Books. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1998. First US Edition. Hardcover. 691 pages. Spine ends very lightly bumped, black spine cloth has a few faint smudges, page edges also have a few smudges; interior pages clean, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear. A very nice copy. ; <b>England's "Charles II has been restored to the throne following years of civil war and Cromwell's short-lived republic. Oxford is the intellectual seat of the country, a place of great scientific, religious, and political ferment. A fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear the story of the death from four witnesses: an Italian physician intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; the son of an alleged Royalist traitor; a master cryptographer who has worked for both Cromwell and the king; and a renowned Oxford antiquarian. Each tells his own version of what… Leer más

NY: Putnam. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1990. First US Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages. Text block edges have splash marks; DJ rubbed. .

NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 2003. Third Printing. Hardcover. 399 pages. Spine ends bumped, corners faintly bumped, a few smudges to page edges. A very nice copy. Unclipped dust wrapper has very light edgewear, light soil to rear panel. ; <b>The second book in this wonderful series. Tuesday Next, as apprentice to Miss Havisham from 'Great Expectations', learns the ropes of Jurisfiction as a Prose Resource Operative inside books. Highly recommended.</b> .

NY: Penguin. Very Good. c1977,1986. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine and cover creases, a bit of edgewear and rubbing, page edges pale yellow.; <b>In this sixth Peter McGarr mystery, Dublin's Chief Inspector of Detectives must go to Italy to solve a delicate matter of murder and international intrigue.</b> ; Image is actual copy on offer. .

NY: Henry Holt. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2006. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very lightly bumped spine ends, faint smudge to textblock edge, unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A very nice copy.; <b>The fourth Maisie Dobbs mystery. Hired by his twin sister, who is not convinced with the police's ruling of an accidental death, Maisie investigates the life, and death, of Nicholas Bassington-Hope an artist who died the night before his Mayfair gallery exhibition was due to open. Recommended.</b> Image is actual copy on offer. .

NY: St Martins Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1995. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 326 pages. Spine ends bumped and very lightly worn, page edges have a few light smudges. Unclipped dust wrapper is very lightly edgeworn and rubbed. A very nice copy. ; <B>Mary Russell's studies at Oxford are completed and her adventures with Sherlock Holmes continue in this second mystery in the series. Highly recommended.</B> .

NY: HarperCollins. Very Good. c1933,1995. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0061043559. 356 pages; Covers very lightly edgeworn and rubbed with a touch of light soil, faint spine creases, page edges very lightly yellowed; pages clean, none loose. A nice copy. ; Lord Peter joins a London advertising agency to solve a murder. Sayers drew on her own advertising experience when she wrote this delightful novel. The Lord Peter Wimsey books were the basis for the Masterpiece Theater television series.. Catalogs: Anglophile Mystery. Keywords: British Woman Author, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Advertising, Lord Peter Wimsey, Television Tie In, London.

NY: Pocket Books. Very Good-. 1986. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 262 pages. Spine creased and slightly curved, covers lightly creased and edgeworn, pages pale yellow but clean, none loose. ; <b>A letter arrives from a dead man with the mysterious message "Our code word, my dear lady, is Nemesis." For Miss Jane Marple, it's the most baffling, and final, case of her illustrious career.</b> .

NY: Bantam Books. Fair. c1940, 1971. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 246 pages. Strong spine and cover creases, covers edgeworn, lightly soiled and yellowed. Pages yellowed and dampstained; text still legible, pages not loose or brittle.; <b>No one seems to care that Wally Carter has died. But someone cared enough to shoot him through the chest and Inspector Hemingway intends to find out the identity of that someone.</b> .

New York: Little, Brown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1989. First US Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy that has a 1 and 1/2" red grease pencil smear on front endpaper top corner. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn.; <B>The tenth Richard Jury / Melrose Plant mystery. 'Feeling burned out, Jury takes an unplanned stopover in Yorkshire and books a room at a cozy inn called the Old Silent. Violence finds him anyway when he becomes the only witness to a murder. Though Nell Healey shot her husband in cold blood, Jury will go to any lengths to help her, including taking sick leave from Scotland Yard to investigate. Calling on his old friend Melrose Plant for help, he must break through Nell's reticence to untangle a web of twisted motives--and twisted lives....'</B>; Image is actual copy on offer. .

NY: St. Martin's Minotaur. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. c2002, 2004. First US Edition. Hardcover. 278 pages. Black remainder dot top textblock edge, tiny mark on fore-edge, very lightly bumped spine ends. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A nice copy.; <b>The first book in the mystery series featuring genealogist / ancestor detective Natasha Blake. 'Pale as the Dead deals with the mysterious death of Lizzie Siddal, a real and fascinating historical figure whose beauty and tragic life have made her into a legend.' (She was the model for the painting featured on the dust wrapper.) 'Lizzie's death has always been shrouded in mystery. She is perhaps best known for the macabre story that tells of her husband, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, having her coffin dug up to retrieve some poems he had buried with her. When the coffin was opened, Lizzie was said to be as beautiful as the day she died. Pale as the Dead is the story of how the… Leer más

NY: Henry Holt. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2005. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 342 pages. Spine ends faintly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A lovely copy.; <b>In this third novel of the bestselling series, London Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs uses her unique skills and 'faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War to resolve the mystery surrounding a pilot's death.' The first book in this series won an Edgar Award and was an Agatha Award finalist for Best Novel.Recommended.</b> .

NY: Henry Holt. Very Good-. 2005. Advance Review Copy. Softcover; Trade PB. Covers lightly creased and edgeworn, page edges pale yellow and lightly soiled; no spine creases. Trade paperback advanced reading copy issued before hardback was published. ; <b>In this third novel of the bestselling series, London Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs uses her unique skills and 'faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War to resolve the mystery surrounding a pilot's death.' The first book in this series won an Edgar Award and was an Agatha Award finalist for Best Novel. Recommended.</b> .

New York: Ballentine Books. Very Good+. c1996, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0345417186. 291 pages; No spine creases, covers very lightly creased and edgeworn. A very nice copy. ; Author's first mystery, this edition has a reading group discussion guide and an interview with the author at the back of the book. The queen Is Eleanor of Aquitaine. The man is Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high born cleric. Never acknowledged by his father, Justin is given an education that takes him into the centers of power and makes him the Queen's Man.. Catalogs: Anglophile Mystery. Keywords: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Medieval England, Novel, Mystery, Richard the Lionheart.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 080503885X. 291 pages; Spine head and tail very lightly bumped, no remainder mark; book looks unread. Dust wrapper, not price cut, slightly edgeworn. ; Author's first mystery. The queen Is Eleanor of Acquitaine. The man is Justin de Quincy the illegitimate son of a high born cleric. Never acknowledged by his father, Justin is given an education that takes him into the centers of power and makes him the Queen's Man. . Catalogs: Anglophile Mystery. Keywords: Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Medieval England, Novel.

NY: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2000. First US Edition. Hardcover. 348 pages. A new book with lightly bumped spine ends and a faintly edgeworn dust wrapper. A very nice copy. ; <B>'The author's sharp-witted Lady of the Presence Chamber will need all of her courage to carry out her mission on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I without betraying her own heart. Ursula Blanchard plans to travel to France on a personal errand to help her first husband's father bring his young ward home to England. But duty soon calls. Fearing that the Catholic forces tearing apart France will spread to Protestant England, the Queen instructs Ursula to personally deliver a letter to Catherine de Médicis, offering to mediate the crisis. The perilous duty will not only separate Ursula from her young daughter, it will bring her closer to a man she can neither trust nor forget—her estranged second husband, Matthew de la Roche, avowed Catholic and enemy of Elizabeth.'</b> . Leer más