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Price: US$44.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1934. Fifth impression (the first printing was in the same year). 351pp., frontispiece, plan and 2 maps on 1 page. Dorothy L. Sayers is probasbly best known for her detective stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, but she was also distinguished as a writer of theology and religious drama. The Nine Tailors is her ninth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. The story is set in the Lincolnshire Fens, and revolves around a group of bell-ringers at the local parish church. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with black titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear on the boards and the spine is slightly cocked and faded. The bottom corners are lightly bumped and there is heavier bumping to the spine ends with some damage to the cloth on the spine corners. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few small marks and some scattered light foxing. Pages 98 to 108 are a little more foxed. The pages are slightly age-browned. There is no inscription.
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1934. [ First published earlier the same year. ]. Hardback. Frontispiece. Map. Original red cloth; black lettered spine. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Bright, clean and tight. Feint mark to front cover. Minor wear only. GOOD. 351 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A19. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ 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
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LONDON : 1934. [ First published earlier the same year. ]. Hardback. Frontispiece. Map. Original red textured cloth; black lettered spine. In pale-yellow dust-jacket; describing this as the 'First Cheap Edition' (2/6). No owner name or internal markings. Bright, clean and tight. Jacket worn with loss to much of the spine; in a clear protective sleeve added by a pervious owner (not adhesive). A little foxing to fore-edge. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD in average jacket. 351 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A19. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ 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
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: Fifth impression (first cheap edition), December 1934. 350, [1] p.: frontis.; 19 cm. [First printed in January 1934] VG orig. rose cloth, backstrip sunned, pages lt. toned. No dj
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
Dorothy L. Sayers. The Nine Tailors. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1934.
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. The ninth Lord Peter Wimsey mystery: "Changes Rung On An Old Theme In Two Short Touches And Two Full Peals". In the original black cloth, with bright red lettering to the spine. Slight foxing to endpapers and a very little to page edges. Top page edges slightly darkened. Cloth and contents otherwise in very good bright condition with no inscriptions. Frontis of Fenchurch St. Paul's intact and in fine condition. Only the front cover and front flap of dust jacket remain, slightly faded, chipped and with some marks. More photographs available on request.
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
Dorothy L Sayers. The Nine Tailors. Victor Gollancz, London, 1934.
Price: US$436.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A scarce first edition of one of Sayers' most loved novels, featuring her protagonist, Lord Peter Wimsey. The first edition, first impression. Lacking the very scarce original dust wrapper. The Nine Tailors is the ninth novel to feature Lord Peter Wimsey and is set in the Lincolnshire Fens, with the story concerning a group of bell-ringers at the local parish church. Widely considered her best work, Sayers can perhaps be forgiven for the minor criticism regarding her inaccurate campanology details. Sayers was a prolific author of crime fiction during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. A smart copy of Sayers' finest literary achievement. In the original black cloth binding. Externally smart with slight rubbing to the boards. Lifting to backstrip. Slight bumping to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. with just marginal age toning due to paper used. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1440.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 351 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Red. First Edition. Internally Bright And Clean, Hinges Solid, Red Spine Lettering Bright, Fraying Along Top Edge Of The Spine With A Few Points Of Fraying On Bottom Spine Edge But Without Loss To Top Edge Or Bottom Edge Of Spine Height, Boards Clean And Without Other Fraying. With The Original Yellow Dust Jacket Printed In Black, Front Flap Without Printing, 3 Ads On Rear Flap, Ad For Anthony Adverse On Rear Panel With "Publication Date: January 8Th 1934" At Top, And Comment By Noel Coward At Bottom. Dj Restored By A Conservator To New, Bright Condition. [Dj Was Worn, The Spine And The Flap Folds Browned; The Front Panel Was Detached From The Spine Along The Front Spine Fold; The Entire Bottom 1" Of The Spine, With The Publisher's Name And Part Of The Publisher's Logo, Was Lacking, Although Part Of The Gollancz Logo Remained; There Was An Irregular Chip At Top Of Spine Extending 1/2" To 1 1/8" From Top, Leaving The Title As "Ni Tailo"; Small 1/4" Chips At Tips; Three Thin Black Rub Lines On Front Panel, Two 1" Long And One 2" Long. The Entire Jacket Was Restored After Mounting On Heavier Archival Paper, As It Was Extremely Thin And Fragile].
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.