The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1930 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the second impression of Dorothy L. Sayers' fourth Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novel. The second impression, first published in June 1928. This work was Sayers' fourth novel to feature amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, and is set at the Bellona Club, a fictional London club for war veterans.The work is considered one of Sayers' best early novels, and a critical work for the introduction and development of her aristocratic amateur detective.Sayers was a prolific author of crime fiction during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of fading to back strip, with bumping to spine tail. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout, most concentrated to page perimeters. Very Good
Synopsis
"A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery"--Cover Reprint of hardcover edition published in 1928 by Harper & Row
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 835F36
- Title
- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Lord Peter Wimsey sayers crime fiction sayers
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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