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The Man With a Load of Mischief
by GRIMES, Martha
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Generic bookplate, signed in ink by the author, loosely laid-in. Octavo (21cm); brown boards titled in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 263pp. Very Good in the original boards, leaning slightly and a touch soiled at base of spine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped and with a faint ring-stain to bottom portion of front panel; Very Good.
Author's first book and the first title in the Richard Jury series. "Inspector Richard Jury of Scotland Yard...with an admixture of gruesome murders and eccentric antics in The Man with a Load of Mischief. Jury, along with his hypochondriac sergeant, arrives to investigate two unidentified murdered men whose bodies were found on consecutive nights at different Long Pid pubs." PROZINI & MULLER, 1001 Midnights p.321.
Author's first book and the first title in the Richard Jury series. "Inspector Richard Jury of Scotland Yard...with an admixture of gruesome murders and eccentric antics in The Man with a Load of Mischief. Jury, along with his hypochondriac sergeant, arrives to investigate two unidentified murdered men whose bodies were found on consecutive nights at different Long Pid pubs." PROZINI & MULLER, 1001 Midnights p.321.
Synopsis
At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub’s sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors’ hearts…
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62927
- Title
- The Man With a Load of Mischief
- Author
- GRIMES, Martha
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; Great Britain; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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