Malice Aforethought: The Story of a Commonplace Crime
by Francis Iles (Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fair first US printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth with . red embossed to spine and cover. Wear to spine and cover. Minor fading to spine. Binding still square but with some looseness to the hinges. Pages clean, with very slight age toning. Crease to bottom corner of pages 201/202. One of the greatest Golden Age works of British crime fiction, about Dr Bickleigh and the mysterious death of his wife. Stated First Edition on copyright page.
Synopsis
Malice Aforethought is a murder mystery novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox, using the pen name Francis Iles. It involves a Devon physician who slowly poisons his domineering wife so that he may be with the woman he loves. It is an early and prominent example of the "inverted detective story", invented by R. Austin Freeman some years earlier. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel, which gives the reader insight into the workings of his mind as his plans progress.
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- Bookseller
- Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11339
- Title
- Malice Aforethought: The Story of a Commonplace Crime
- Author
- Francis Iles (Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Pages
- 290
- Keywords
- mystery, crime, murder, British
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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