SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Headline Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers (as shown). No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. Single light crease to spine but not to hinge. Seems un-used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 216 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Two vintage tales of murder most foul from the best-selling pen of Ellis Peters, who is well known for her Brother Cadfael series. When Louis Stevenson is found guilty of murder, he leaves the dock loudly proclaiming his innocence. When there are two more unexpected deaths, a young couple, convinced that an innocent man has been wrongly condemned, determine to unmask the real murderer - before he strikes again. Murder is committed too, in ?Aunt Helen,? a story of blind obsession and psychological suspense that starts with what looks suspiciously like the perfect crime.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with minimal faults reducing it to VG++*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5591
Title: The Assize of the Dying
Author: Peters, Ellis
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/F/ND
Quantity Available: 2
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0747236453
ISBN 13: 9780747236450
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Place of Publication: London UK 216
Date Published: 1991-09-05
Bookseller catalogs: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
Size: 17.8 x 1.4 x 11.2 cm

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