A Morbid Taste For Bones
by Peters, Ellis
A Morbid Taste for Bones is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, first published in 1977. It was adapted for television in 1996 by Central for ITV. It is the first novel in the Brother Cadfael series.
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A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit
by PETERS, Ellis [pseud. Edith Pargeter]
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- [1977]
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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NZ$514.38
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London: Macmillan, [1977]. First Edition. Small octavo (20.25cm.); original simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 191pp. Very light wear to jacket extremities, minor soil to textblock edges, a few brief marks in black sharpie to title page and p. [192] (some bleeding through), else Near Very Good or better. The first of the author's Cadfael series, considered to be… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Morbid Taste For Bones
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - VG-
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- VG-
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- First US Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780688033743
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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Wiliam Morrow and Company, 1978. First US Edition VG-/VG-. Hardcover. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; few creases. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; light duststaining on edges; yellowing; previous onwner's library crimp inside. DJ had been glued to book - glue left discoloration on DJ & book; inside otherwise clean 192 pages Keywords: 0688033741 Item Price
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A Morbid Taste For Bones: 1: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
by Peters, Ellis
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste For Bones (The Best Mysteries of All Time)
by Peters, Ellis
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- Fine
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- Reprint. 1st Printing
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- 2007
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Pleasantville, NY: Impress, 2007. Reprint. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint, First Printing; first pub. 1977. Hard cover 8vo. Fine book in About Fine DJ w/wrinkled top- edge, now in clear protective cover. 240pp.
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - Poor
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- Poor
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Hard Cover
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- 9780688033743
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Sykesville, Maryland, USA
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor/Poor. Type: Ex-Library Exlib, with usual faults, including cardpocket to rfep (shows "Withdrawn" on pocket). DJ has no stickers or other defacements, and is pasted down. The first Brother Cadfael novel, and a high spot in collectible modern mysteries. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Peters, Ellis [pseudonym for: Pargeter, Edith]
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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(London): Macmillan London Limited, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. First printing, octavo size, 192 pp. The first book in the "Brother Cadfael" series, the title character being a Benedictine monk living in Wales in the early 12th century, who "combines the curious mind of a scientist/pharmacist with a knight-errant". The series would eventually encompass twenty novels, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Peters, Ellis
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- Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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Leicester, GBR
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NZ$747.56
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London: Macmillan, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. SIGNED COPY. Publisher's brown boards with black spine lettering. Foxing to the top edge (and to a much lesser extent to the fore-edge) otherwise a near fine copy in like price-clipped dustwrapper. Double-Signed by the Author on one of her own… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - Good
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- 1st
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- 1978-11-01
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- Hardcover
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- 9780688033743
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Oakland Park, Florida, USA
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NZ$125.44
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William Morrow & Co. Hardcover. 0688033741 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Sorry, no APO deliveries. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. P20G . Good. 1978-11-01. 1st. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste For Bones: 1: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780708825525
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by PETERS ELLIS
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- 1977
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Leicester, GBR
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NZ$1,174.74
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London: Macmillan, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown boards with black spine lettering. A near fine (or better) copy in like D/W. First Brother Cadfael. A lovely copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
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- Near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1977
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- Hardback
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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NZ$2,349.49
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1977. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". None. A first edition of this Mediaeval Whodunnit by Ellis Peters. "This intriguing novel stands out from those contemporary mysteries that find their strength in forensic detail, promiscuous sex and so on." "Ellis Peters is a distinguished and popular novelist of… Read more about this item Item Price
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A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES: A Medieval Novel of Suspense [The First Brother Cadfael title]
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780708906590
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NZ$864.16
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N.Y.: Morrow, 1978. 1st US edition. Black cloth on brown boards with bright gold lettering at spine. Very light wear to boards, with a couple of small stains, page edges lightly stained else near fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny nicks at head. Dust jacket still has the price of $8.95 intact. Complete number… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1994
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780446400152
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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NZ$11.09
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Grand Central Publishing, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste For Bones
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition.
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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Temecula, California, USA
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NZ$1,028.76
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Morrow, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. William Morrow & Company, New York, NY, 1978. The first Brother Cadfael mystery. Fine in a near fine jacket. Review copy with the slip laid in. In addition, a signed card (by Edith Pargeter) is also laid in.
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A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
by Peters, Ellis (Edith Pargeter)
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- Used - Fair
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- Good+
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- 1st Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780333223246
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, AUS
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NZ$49.57
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England: Macmillan, 1977. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Library stamps to prelims, cloth tape reinforcement to hinges, early pages appear to have been reglued, tape remains to pastedowns. Jacket is somewhat wrinkled but otherwise quite reasonable and could be ironed to go on a better book as it displays little wear and could… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Morbid Taste For Bones
by Peters, Ellis
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- 1977
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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NZ$1,601.92
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Macmillan, 1977. A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 1977. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine unclipped wrapper with a crease to the front flap. The first Cadfael mystery. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael)
by Peters, Ellis
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2014-11-24
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- 9781504001939
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Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2014-11-24. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Binding tight.Cover clean.Minor wear to page edges and corners. No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.Paperback. Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones [A Mediaeval Whodunnit] [The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
by Ellis Peters
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- Used - Good Condition
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- 1997
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- Softcover
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- 9780751517491
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Bowral, New South Wales, AUS
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Warner Futura, London, 1997. Softcover. Good Condition. TV Tie-In In the twelfth-century Benedictine monastery of Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet life in charge of the herbarium after an adventurous - and far from monastic - youth. But when his prior determines to acquire the bones of a saint from a remote Welsh… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Morbid Taste for Bones (Brother Cadfael Mysteries)
by Ellis Peters
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- Used - Very Good. Spine crack.
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- First ballatine book edition
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- 1985
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780449207000
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Barrington, Illinois, USA
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NZ$6.84
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Fawcett, 1985. First ballatine book edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Spine crack.. Item Price
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A morbid taste for bones: A mediaeval whodunnit
by Ellis Peters
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- 1st Edition.
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780333223246
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Milton, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$685.84
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Macmillan, 1977 good copy in mylar protected dj rare firt edition of the first title in the Cadfael series of mysteries Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Good. Item Price
NZ$685.84