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Original Sin.**

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Original Sin.**

by JAMES**, P. D:

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ISBN 10
0394280717
ISBN 13
9780394280714
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Minor indents to rear wrap.Top+fore-edges aged/toned as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean,with the inevitable page-edge toning.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 246pp [paginated] includes Books 1-5 comprising 66 chapters.See rja1199 for an author SIGNED copy of same title. Set in a long-established publishing firm housed in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames.The Peverell Press,founded in 1792,is ripe for change.The chairman,Henry Peverell,has just died; his French partner, Jean-Philippe Etienne,has retired and Etienne's ruthless son Gerard has taken over as chairman.Gerard Etienne has made enemies: his discarded mistress,a rejected and humiliated author,his colleagues and threatened members of the Peverell staff. When he is found dead on the premises,his body bizarrely desecrated,there is no shortage of suspects.Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary ingenuity and complexity,and a murderer who is prepared to kill again. Classical detective story featuring maverick poet detective Adam Dalgleish. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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P. D. James is the author of twenty-one books, most of which have been filmed for television. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of Great Britain's Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honours, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991 and was inducted into the International Crime  Writing Hall of Fame in 2008. She lives in London and Oxford. From the Paperback edition.

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Original Sin.**
Author
JAMES**, P. D:
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0394280717
ISBN 13
9780394280714
Publisher
LONDON.FABER & FABER,1994.
Place of Publication
Toronto
This edition first published
1994
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0394280717.Modern fiction.Crime_detective_murder fiction.Adam Dalgleish.Kate Miskin.DANIEL AARON.Books_P D JAMES.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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