Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
by SAYERS, Dorothy L
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Second Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth, stamped in light blue; 381pp. Spine sunned, slightly wrinkled; boards mildly soiled and rubbed. Textblock toned along edges and margins; pp165-178 chipped along fore edge; else sound, Very Good.
The eleventh and final Peter Wimsey (described by Sayer as a cross between Fred Astaire and Bertie Wooster) mystery story by the multitalented English author Dorothy L. Sayers. It was adapted from a play of the same name by Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne, in which Wimsey and his new wife (and fellow sleuth) Harriet Vane end up solving a murder mystery on their honeymoon.
The eleventh and final Peter Wimsey (described by Sayer as a cross between Fred Astaire and Bertie Wooster) mystery story by the multitalented English author Dorothy L. Sayers. It was adapted from a play of the same name by Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne, in which Wimsey and his new wife (and fellow sleuth) Harriet Vane end up solving a murder mystery on their honeymoon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47838
- Title
- Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
- Author
- SAYERS, Dorothy L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
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