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The Black Tower

by James, P. D

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover. 271pp. Cloth. An Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Mild spine slant. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with some shelf wear. ; Octavo.

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P. D. JAMES was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of the Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council, and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She is an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature (US). She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983, and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors. She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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Bookseller
Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
34472
Title
The Black Tower
Author
James, P. D
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First US Edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1975
Keywords
MYSTERIES, ENGLAND
Bookseller catalogs
Mysteries and Thrillers;

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About Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare

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Spine
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Octavo
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