Cover Her Face
by James, P. D
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good./Very good.
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber, 1962. First. hardcover. Very good./Very good.. A very good first edition with a charming inscription by James on the front free endpaper to a close friend ("with love") and the humorous comment ("P.S. I wrote it! You bought it!!!). The author's first book. Housed in a custom-made set of slipcases.
Synopsis
Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details the investigations by her poetry-writing detective Adam Dalgliesh into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family which has reasons to want her gone - or dead. The title is taken from a passage from John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi: "Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle; she died young."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2005022
- Title
- Cover Her Face
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Jacket Condition
- Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- 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...