Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Sayers, Dorothy. THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB. Payson & Clarke Ltd., New York, 1928.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7.5" X 5.25" in purple cloth with yellow spine lettering. Backstrip, top edge of back cover very faded. Letters on spine nearly gone, back cover soiled. No writing. Binding still excellent: About GOOD PLUS. No Jacket. This is a first American edition of a well-known English detective story. 345pp.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. Payson & Clarke Ltd., New York, 1928.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green titles to purple boards. SJ tape repaired, unprofessionally. Front and rear flaps tanned but complete and intact with minor flaws. The spine has chunks missing at head and heel, back panel complete, front panel missing an inch across top edge, missing a quarter inch along the bottom edge. TM/Fiction
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1928. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. A Lord Peter Wimsey novel. Purple cloth boards with green text on the spine. 345 pp. The dust wrapper has a purple background with gruesome art and text in green and white. CONDITION: The book is VG, slightly cocked and has an owners name on the first front end paper. The dust wrapper has a few closed tears and chips, one of which removes a letter on the spine. Not price clipped. Good only. 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.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition. 8vo. Lavender colored cloth moderately faded at the margins of the front and rear covers and the spine panel, else very good copy in a strikingly beautiful, fine, unused dust jacket. Lord Peter Wimsey must solve the mystery of the death of a man who died while sitting by the fireplace in the morgue-like atmosphere of the Bellona Club. While solving the case he uncovers fraud, crime, and broken faith, all of which contributed to the death of the man that no one saw die. An attractive, square copy.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L.. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. Payson & Clarke, New York, 1928.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy of this First American Edition. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth with light fading to the spine and minor wear to the boards. An exceptional copy with the original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L.. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. Payson and Clarke, 1928.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular dustjacket that is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the publisher's blue cloth. The binding is tight with light wear to the spine and boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.