Scottsdale, Arizona: Poisoned Pen Press, 1998. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped (27.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Illustrated with 36 photographs, 4 sketches, and a reproduction of Ngaio's personal bookplate. A captivating biography of Dame Ngaio Marsh, author of thirty two crime novels, and world famous as creator of the detective Roderick Alleyn. US edition of a book originally published in the UK in 1991. From the original publisher: "Nine years after Ngaio Marsh's death in 1982, here is her authorized biography... Based on personal reminiscences, unpublished letters and notebooks.... Born in 1895 (not, as she maintained, 1899), her life was divided between her native New Zealand and England, and between her detective fiction and her work in the theatre. This lively biography paints the full picture." First U.S. printing, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. viii, 275pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003671
Title: Ngaio Marsh, A Life
Author: Lewis, Margaret
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition.
Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket.
Edition: First American Edition
ISBN 10: 1890208051
ISBN 13: 9781890208059
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Place of Publication: Scottsdale, Arizona
Date Published: 1998
Size: 8vo. viii, 275pp.
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery / Crime Fiction; Literature / Literary Biography / Criticism;

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