The Case of the Gilded Fly [Detective Story] [Gervase Fen 1]
by Crispin, Edmund [pseud. Robert Bruce Montgomery]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1946 VG+/VG. 12mo. original blue cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & sunned, prev. owner's name to FFE, a few spots to endpapers and leaf edges, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced 4/- (a little rubbed & nicked with fraying and slight chipping to spine ends & corners, some general toning, spotting and marking); pp. 160 (last blank), with a plan. A very good copy of an early edition in the uncommon jacket. The first book in the Gervase Fenn series of detective mysteries.. Third Impression [First Cheap Edition]. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033868
- Title
- The Case of the Gilded Fly [Detective Story] [Gervase Fen 1]
- Author
- Crispin, Edmund [pseud. Robert Bruce Montgomery]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Third Impression [First Cheap Edition]
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Edmund Crispin The Case of the Gilded Fly Detective Story Crime Thriller Mystery Gervase Fen Oxford Robert Bruce Armstrong
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Spine
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