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Death At the Bar
by Ngaio Marsh
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: The Crime Club, Collins, 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Death At the Bar by Ngaio Marsh First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1940. Neat contemporary gift inscription to ffep. No foxing, contents unblemished throughout. Covers are near fine and have no toning to spine. In original near fine price clipped dust jacket that has no loss to head or tail of spine. A bright copy. For further images please see Brought to Book Ltd.
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
- Brought to Book Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006654
- Title
- Death At the Bar
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Crime Club, Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 1.43 lbs
- Keywords
- Death At the Bar by Ngaio Marsh First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1940
Terms of Sale
Brought to Book Ltd
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About the Seller
Brought to Book Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Brought to Book Ltd
Founded by Adam and Justin Lay, Brought to Book Ltd offers rare and collectible titles from the more interesting and entertaining corners of the book world.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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