Shroud For a Nightingale
by James, P. D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Temecula, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribners, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: Scribners, 1971. First American edition. Price-clipped. Signed only on the title page by James. Her fourth Adam Dalgliesh thriller. Some toning to the text block. Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Synopsis
Shroud for a Nightingale is a 1971 detective novel written by PD James in her Adam Dalgliesh series. Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the death of two student nurses at the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. The novel was adapted as a television miniseries by Anglia Television in 1984, with Roy Marsden as Dalgliesh and Joss Ackland as the surgeon, Stephen Courtney-Briggs. Lennard Pearce and Buster Merryfield also featured in the series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Johnson Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000866
- Title
- Shroud For a Nightingale
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 296
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Fine
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