A Shilling for Candles
by Tey, Josephine ( Pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Synopsis
JOSEPHINE TEY is one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers. She began to write full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue , which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. In 1937 she returned to crime writing with A Shilling for Candles , but it wasn't until after theSecond World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Josephine Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust. From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006169
- Title
- A Shilling for Candles
- Author
- Tey, Josephine ( Pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing Thus
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery and Adventure; Women Authors;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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