Buried for Pleasure: A Detective Story
by Edmund Crispin [Robert Bruce Montgomery]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this exciting detective story from English crime writer, Edmund Crispin. First edition. The sixth in the series featuring Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen. In a Golden Age-style mystery combined with elements of farce, Fen contests a by-election in a rural constituency, but events are overtaken by a shocking murder case. Written by Edmund Crispin, the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1948. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 890T77
- Title
- Buried for Pleasure: A Detective Story
- Author
- Edmund Crispin [Robert Bruce Montgomery]
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Buried Pleasure Detective Fen Pleasure Montgomery
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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