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Death Comes to Pemberley
de James, P.D
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571283578
- ISBN 13
- 9780571283576
- Librería
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Faber & Faber, London, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Red coloured end pages. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and dull red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Set in the world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It is six years since Darcy and Elizabeth have married and they have two fine sons. But, old sins and misunderstandings threaten their peace, when Lydia Wickham (an uninvited guest to their autumn ball), pulls up at Pemberley screaming that her husband had been murdered .... Softening of the back strip edges with a little rubbing of the book corners. A little rubbing of both the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [1[6], VII - IX, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; 19th century; ISBN: 0571283578. ISBN/EAN: 9780571283576. Inventory No: 0125136. . 9780571283576
Sinopsis
P. D. JAMES was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of the Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council, and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She is an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature (US). She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983, and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors. She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0125136
- Título
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Autor
- James, P.D
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571283578
- ISBN 13
- 9780571283576
- Editorial
- Faber & Faber
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 England, 19th-century, Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen – homage, murder Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; 19th century; Unbranded ISBN: 0571283578 EAN: 9780571283576 James, P.D. Death Comes to Pemberley
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
Sobre Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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