Died in the Wool
by MARSH, NGAIO
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About This Item
Collins Bros and Co N/D. FIRST EDITION (NO DATE) NZ EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 250pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, gutters are sound but boards shaky & binding loose, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine but firmly reinforced at internal sides,moderate tanning & foxing to rear & flaps)
Synopsis
Died in the Wool is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1945. The novel concerns the murder of a New Zealand parliamentarian on a remote sheep farm, said to be located near Mount Cook. Like the previous novel in the series the story takes place during World War II with Alleyn doing counterespionage work.
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- Title
- Died in the Wool
- Author
- MARSH, NGAIO
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Bros and Co N/D
- Keywords
- New Zealand Aotearoa writers authors modern first edition Ngaio Marsh crime thrillers detective novels fiction literature
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