By Ngaio Marsh
London   Collins
8.5" by 5" [11], 12-278pp
A lovely first edition of Ngaio Marsh's exciting detective novel featuring her popular character Roderick Alleyn.
By Ngaio Marsh

1978 Grave Mistake

London   Collins
8.5" by 5" [11], 12-278pp
A lovely first edition of Ngaio Marsh's exciting detective novel featuring her popular character Roderick Alleyn.
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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work.

In the original unclipped dustwrapper.

'Grave Mistake' is a detective novel featuring the detective Roderick Alleyn, being the thirtieth novel featuring him. The plot revolves around a murder of an elderly woman in a nursing home, with a rare and famous postage stamp being somehow involved.

Written by Ngaio Marsh, a crime writer from New Zealand, who is commonly known as one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside Agatha Christie. Roderick Alleyn is her most famous character.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light edgewear to the dustwrapper, resulting in a couple of small closed tears. A little sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Fine

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