The Bee's Kiss Signed first edition
by Cleverly, Barbara
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1845290496
- ISBN 13
- 9781845290498
- Seller
-
Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable, 2005. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author.. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Both the book and the wrapper in near fine condition, virtually as new and unread. There is just a little faint tanning to page edges of the book - which is the only reason we've marked down from as new. It's 1926 and Joe Sandilands is back from India, enjoying the frantic pleasures of Jazz Age London. Yet there is a darkness behind all that post-war gaiety. A woman has been found bludgeoned to death in her suite at the Ritz. A broken window and a missing emerald necklace suggest that it is a burglary gone wrong. But the corpse is that of a much-respected member of the British establishment, Dame Beatrice Jagow-Joliffe, one of the founders of the Wrens, and so Scotland Yard send Joe to conduct a swift inquiry. He soon discovers that this Dame was no tweed-wearing matron - Titian-haired Beatrice wore evening gowns by Lanvin and perfume by Caron, she drank cocktails and had a young lover...
Synopsis
Barbara Cleverly is the author of five novels of historical suspense, including The Damascened Blade , winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award, The Last Kashmiri Rose, Ragtime in Simla, The Palace Tiger, and The Bee’s Kiss . She lives in Cambridge, England where she is now at work on the second Laetitia Talbot mystery, which Delta will publish in 2008.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1302304
- Title
- The Bee's Kiss Signed first edition
- Author
- Cleverly, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1845290496
- ISBN 13
- 9781845290498
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction,Thriller,Joe Sandilands
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
About Ariadne Books
We carry a broad selection of books but specialise in Small Press Books, Books printed by Letterpress, Signed First Editions, Nature & Natural History, Illustrated Books, Interesting Antiquarian Books. We love our books and we're always happy to provide detailed information or specific photographs etc. on request. Although we work from private premises we are delighted when clients call by appointment. If you have nice books for sale please let us know.
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