The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.
de SAYERS, Dorothy L
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London, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Ernest Benn, London,, 1928. First edition, first impression, one of Sayers's scarcest books, only 1,000 copies printed. The dust jacket is rare. This is the fourth of the Peter Wimsey novels, a murder mystery set in the post-war years of London's clubland, the Bellona Club being a fictional gentlemen's club for war veterans. Octavo. Original black cloth, front and spine lettered and decorated in orange. With the dust jacket, not price-clipped. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. A sharp and sound copy with cloth bright, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, a few stray spots to fore-edge but generally very clean; jacket slightly worn at ends and corners, neat c. 50 mm split up bottom of front joint (with some discreet tape repair) and front fore-edge: a very good copy in like jacket.
Sinopsis
"A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery"--Cover Reprint of hardcover edition published in 1928 by Harper & Row
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- Peter Harrington (GB)
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- Título
- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.
- Autor
- SAYERS, Dorothy L
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Lugar de publicación
- Ernest Benn, London,
- Fecha de publicación
- 1928
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Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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