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London: Folio Society, 2008. New. In Publisher's shrinkwrap. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and bindings, with red illustrated cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Frontispiece plus six full-color plates by Jonathan Burton. The dark blue card slipcase is Fine. 216 pages. 6 " X 9" tall. Publisher's image in the photo display.
Cover Her Face is P. D. James' debut crime novel, originally published in 1962. It details the investigations by her poetry-writing detective Adam Dalgliesh into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family that has reasons to want her gone — or dead.
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Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details the investigations by her poetry-writing detective Adam Dalgliesh into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family which has reasons to want her gone - or dead. The title is taken from a passage from John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi: "Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle; she died young."
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4270
- Title
- Cover Her Face
- Author
- P. D. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover / Slipcase
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Folio Society
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 216
- Size
- 6 x 9
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- crime, mystery, Adam Dalgliesh, folio society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collector's Editions; The Folio Society;
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