Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ink name on front paste down. Small ink smudge on flyleaf. Usual age toning to paper. First few pages have some mild creases. No other markings. Good with some wear to cloth. No dust jacket.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. Original cloth, a few minor stains on front cover, near very good.,
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L.. In the Teeth of the Evidence. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1940.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Seventeen short mysteries, including two featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and five with Montague Egg. First American edition. Bumped and rubbed with a bit of wear at the corners and spine ends, spine darkened. Faint drip marks and damp stain to the rear board, wrapping around onto the spine. Hinges loose.
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy. In the Teeth of Evidence. Harcourt, Brace and company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first American edition. Front free endpaper has bookplate removal marks. Dust jacket previously had been in old style protector that has left yellow tape marks at the top and bottom edges, though they don't show much on the front panel and spine, but does show at rear panel and folds. Chips to extremities of jacket, and handling wear.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L. Creed or Chaos?. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York NY, 1940.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dustjacket is badly edgeworn and faded, but present
Seller: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L. IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE. Harcourt, Brace & Co., NEW YORK, 1940.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Book is sturdy and internally clean but has some light soiling to the blue exterior boards. With owner's bookplate. A collection of Lord Peter Wimsey short stories.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$41.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. NEW YORK : 1940. [ First published in UK 1939. ]. [ 17 short stories, contains two Lord Peter Wimsey and five Montague Egg stories.]. Hardback. Original light blue cloth, white lettered spine and cover. Neat owner name; no internal markings. A few minor marks to cover. Internally clean and tight. Minor wear. Sound and readable. GOOD. 311 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A32. Heavy book; extra postage needed. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. In the Teeth of the Evidence. Harcourt Brace & Co., NY, 1940.
Price: US$156.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first U.S. edition of this book, rebound in blue cloth, stamped in white. The book is tight and clean and is fitted with a facsimile dustwrapper that fits the book perfectly. This book contains two Peter Wimsey stories which includes the title story, five Montague Egg stories and eleven others short stories. A beautifully restored copy.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy. In the Teeth of Evidence. Harcourt, Brace and company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first American edition. Near fine book in jacket somewhat faded and with some signs of wear to edges.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy. In the Teeth of Evidence. Harcourt, Brace and company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first American edition. Near fine book in very good jacket, bit of loss to spine head of jacket.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, first American book in very good dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with ivory lettering on front panel and spine. Upper page edges are lightly tinted. Boards are clean, extremities lightly faded. Light scuffs along edges at head and tail of board spine. Upper edge of front panel has a shallow bump near the center. Small hole (puncture?) toward tail of spine, approx. 1 1/4" from base. Minimal scuffs at fore-edge tips and elsewhere along board edges. External side and lower page edges are a bit age-toned. Mild shadow-transfers on end papers. Minimal age-toning to text pages, else very clean. No foxing. Text block is tight. Dust jacket has light scuffing overall. All fore-edge folds are scuffed but not rubbed through. Back jacket panel shows a bit grubby against the off-white background when compared to the inside flaps. Jacket spine is lightly sunned; tail of spine has similar small hole as the board spine. Front panel has several small shallow scrapes toward the lower half of the fore-edge fold. Upper edge and corners at head of jacket spine have several chips with adjacent creases and closed tears, with loss of up to 1/4" in several places. Upper right front fore-edge corner is rubbed and chipped with loss of approx. 1/4". Minimal rubs on the other three fore-edge corners. The upper right corner of the front inside flap has a 2" by 1 1/8" price clip; the other three inside flap corners have uniform clips of 3/4" by 1/2". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada may require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1940. In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. A book of short stories including two Lord Peter Wimsey short stories. Blue cloth boards with light blue text on the front cover and spine. 311 pp. The dust wrapper has a background of wavy shades of blue and text in white and light blue. CONDITION: The book is VG with acid browning of end sheets and splotches of fading on the spine (which is covered by the dust wrapper.) The dust wrapper is VG with the white back showing some soiling and with modest edge wear, none of which is greater than a quarter inch deep. Additional photographs available upon request. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Dorothy L. Sayers. In the Teeth of Evidence (First Edition). Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1940.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition, preceded by the UK edition published by Victor Gollancz the previous year. A collection of short stories, two of which feature Lord Peter Wimsey, and two Montague Egg, among other stories. Fine and unread in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L.. IN THE TEETH OF EVIDENCE AND OTHER STORIES. NY Harcourt Brace & Co. 1940., 1940.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First US Edition. About Fine in about Fine price-clipt D.J. (H-226)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition stated, in First Issue dustjacket. Hawkins dustjacket art. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks and minor wear.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: First U. S. edition. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown sheet, else a fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and extremities. This book presents seventeen tales of mystery and intrigue, with two featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, five featuring Montague Egg, and ten other stories.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. A little lightening to the front gutter, and some rubbing at the spine ends, very good or better in about very good dustwrapper with slight fading to the spine, some light nicking to the spine ends, and a small external repair on the rear panel. Two Peter Wimsey stories including the title story, five Montague Egg stories and eleven others. An increasingly scarce title.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
SAYERS, DOROTHY L. In The Teeth of the Evidence. New York Harcourt, Brace 1940, 1940.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition - American. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some tiny chipping and tears with some light creasing. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L.. In the Teeth of the Evidence. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "first American edition" printed on the copyright page. A fabulous copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges and has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the publisher's blue cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.