SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd. Full number line to 2.* Date of Publication: 2018 (1944)* Publisher: Harper Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustration to soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases to spine, not to hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 246 pp. text.* Product Description:- The very first case for Oxford-based sleuth Gervase Fen, one of the last of the great Golden Age detectives. As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse, this is the perfect entry point to discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin - crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. A pretty but spiteful young actress with a talent for destroying men?s lives is found dead in a college room just yards from the office of the unconventional Oxford don Gervase Fen. Anyone who knew the girl would gladly have shot her, but can Fen discover who did shoot her, and why?* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./2nd. with absolutely minimal shelf & reading wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 529
Title: The Case of the Gilded Fly
Author: Crispin, Edmund
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/VG++
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition 2nd. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0008275157
ISBN 13: 9780008275150
Publisher: Collins Crime Club
Place of Publication: London UK 246
Date Published: 2018-03-08
Bookseller catalogs: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
Size: 12.9 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm

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