OFF WITH HIS HEAD.
by Marsh, Ngaio (1895 - 1982)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in red boards with black lettering on spine in a good dust jacket (toning to book and dj, chip to dj at base of spine)/red boards with black lettering on spine in a good
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Synopsis
Off With His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957. The plot concerns a village festival in the English countryside, and features Morris dancing among other folkloric elements. The novel was published as Death of a Fool in the United States, a reference to the fact that the murder victim is playing a Fool in the festival.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85995
- Title
- OFF WITH HIS HEAD.
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio (1895 - 1982)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in red boards with black lettering on spine in a good dust jacket (toning to book and dj, chip to dj at base of spine)
- Jacket Condition
- red boards with black lettering on spine in a good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins / The Crime Club,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- (1957)
- Keywords
- golden age, detective fiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;
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