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Colour Scheme
de Ngaio Marsh
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 208.32EUR 187.49
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Sobre este artículo
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. One of Ngaio Marsh's popular and thrilling Roderick Alleyn novels, the first edition of this New Zealand set murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Marsh's twelfth Roderick Alleyn novel, 'Colour Scheme' is a gripping murder mystery set in New Zealand during World War II. In this novel, Alleyn is drawn in to suspected espionage activity at a hot springs resort, whereupon he comes across a gruesome murder. Ngaio Marsh was one of the leading Queens of Crime during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Dorothy L. Sayers. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, with two neat repairs to the reverse. Light handling marks to the wraps. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Sinopsis
Colour Scheme is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twelfth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1943. The novel takes place in New Zealand during World War II. Alleyn is working for military intelligence and is assigned to counterespionage. The plot involves suspected Nazi activity at a hot springs resort on the New Zealand coast. Alleyn incognito and going by the name Septimus Falls, must solve a gruesome murder in order to expose the spies.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 891P2
- Título
- Colour Scheme
- Autor
- Ngaio Marsh
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Crime Club by Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1943
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- Colour Scheme ngaio marsh roderick alleyn new zealand ngaio marsh
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The heel of the spine.
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