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P. D. James. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Faber & Faber, 1972.
Price: US$97.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition and a VG+ book in near VG dw. An ex-library copy with usual marks, and signed by the author on title page.
Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (20.25cm.); original simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket printed in green, red, and black; 216pp. Spine a hint cocked, jacket panels and spine toned, extremities slightly rubbed; Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The first of two novels to feature private detective Cordelia Gray (the other being The Skull Beneath the Skin, (1982)).
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
James, P. D.. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Faber & Faber, London, 1972.
Price: US$409.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. FIRST PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
James, P. D. (SIGNED). AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN. Faber & Faber, London, 1972.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. SIGNED BY P. D. JAMES ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. Near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 216 pp.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
JAMES, P. D.. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN.. Faber and Faber, [1972]., London, 1972.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. The first Cordelia Gray mystery. Bernie Pryde's death was certainly suicide and it left Cordelia Gray as sole proprietress of Bernie's private detective agency. It also left her with an assignment originally intended for Bernie.to investigate the death of a Cambridge student who was found hanging in his room. An attractive, fresh copy that introduces Cordelia Gray.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
JAMES, P. D.. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN.. Faber and Faber, [1972]., London, 1972.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. The first Cordelia Gray mystery. Bernie Pryde's death was certainly suicide and it left Cordelia Gray as sole proprietress of Bernie's private detective agency. It also left her with an assignment originally intended for Bernie.to investigate the death of a Cambridge student who was found hanging in his room. An attractive, fresh copy that introduces Cordelia Gray. This copy is housed in a cloth clamshell case with the dust jacket copy repeated on the front and rear covers and the spine panel. A handsome presentation.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.