Colour Scheme
by MARSH Ngaio
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Darfield , Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1943 brick red cloth titled in black with THE CRIME CLUB at spine tail, sewn binding, oddly enough these war era editions printed in New Zealand to obviate the cost of shipping from the British printers are better quality in that they are folded and sewn sheets, earlier title by this famous New Zealand author, first edition printed in Dunedin New Zealand, spine has light lean, cloth sunned to spine, some foxing to closed top edge, minor insect damage to the inside fore edge cloth, 256pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002919
- Title
- Colour Scheme
- Author
- MARSH Ngaio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Fiction New Zealand Ngaio Marsh Signed First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- CRIME & THRILLER Fiction;
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