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"James, P.D." : Death in Holy Orders

"London: Faber and Faber, 2001"

ISBN 0 571 20752 9

1st edition. Brown cloth boards stamped in yellow on the spine. Near Fine in near Fine dust-jacket.

James, P. D : DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS

Faber, 2001

ISBN 9780571207527

A highly collectible, tight clean first edition, protected in a new brodart wrapper,unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. When the body of a student is found on a stretch of the East Anglian coast, Commander Dalgliesh - who is due for a holiday - pays a visit. The weekend brings another murder and he soon finds himself embroiled in one of the most horrific and puzzling cases of his career., Near Fine/Fine

1st Edition

JAMES**, P[hyllis] D[orothy]: : DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS

LONDON.FABER & FABER LIMITED,2001.

ISBN 0571207529.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,scenic monochrome photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with black lettering,colour medieval illustration (Doom painting) to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain tan/khaki cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked white ink letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain pale beige endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-387pp [paginated] includes Books 1-4 comprising 24,20,6,1 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,author's note,Book separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. 'Death in Holy Orders' is set in an Anglican theological college on a desolate strect of the East Anglian coast,a locality which she has made particularly her own. When the body of one of the students is found on the shore smothered by a fall of sand,his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Dalgleish has visited St Anselm's in his boyhood and,as he is due for a holiday,agrees to pay a visit, expecting no more than a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence given at the inquest. Instead he finds himself embroiled in one of the most horrific and puzzling cases of his career.Other visitors come to the college on the weekend of his arrival,not all of them with benign intent.One of them will never leave it alive. 'Death in Holy Orders',a masterly exploration of an isolated and beleagured community coping with the evil and disruption of murder,has all the qualities, along with her unerring eye for human detail,which distinguish P.D. James as a novelist: the sensitive evocation of place,a complex and credible mystery, respect for forensic detail,and the tension of a plot that never flags. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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