Death At The Bar
by Marsh, Ngaio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1940. First Edition.
First Edition. Orange/red cloth titled to spine in black. Crime Club publication. No date, circa 1940. Very good condition some slight age wear. Foxing to the book edges as typical for this edition.
Death at the Bar is a crime novel by Ngaio Marsh, the ninth to feature her series detective Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard. Published in 1940 by Collins and Little, Brown, it was adapted for television in 1993 as part of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.
Price (USD): $870.00
Synopsis
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences.At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the tap-room. They are in the habit of playing darts, but on this occasion an experiment takes the place of the usual game – a fatal experiment which calls for investigation.A distinguished painter, a celebrated actor, a woman graduate, a plump lady from County Clare, and a Devonshire farmer all play their parts in the unravelling of the problem...
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Details
- Bookseller
- E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC] (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 451
- Title
- Death At The Bar
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Crime Thriller
Terms of Sale
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