WHOSE BODY?
by SAYERS, Dorothy
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, ( 1954 ). Cheap Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 16mo, 137pages, red cloth, toned pages; yellow dj spine darkened
Cover price is GBP 39. This text has been amended and corrected by the author, and is preceded by a biogaphy of Lord Peter Wimsey.
Cover price is GBP 39. This text has been amended and corrected by the author, and is preceded by a biogaphy of Lord Peter Wimsey.
Synopsis
Whose Body? is the first novel written by Dorothy L. Sayers, and was first published in England by T. Fisher Unwin in 1923. This crime novel begins with the discovery of the naked body of a murder victim in the bathtub, and the confusion surrounding the identity of the victim. Sayers was a popular author in her lifetime, and is well known for feminist ideas, though she described here characterizations of both men and women as being descriptions of "ordinary human beings." Whose Body? is The first book of the Lord Peter Wimsey Series, which is popular among fans of detective stories still, almost a century after it was first published. First editions can command up to $2,000.00 for the UK edition, and first U.S. editions, printed by Boni and Liverlight the same year, can range up to $1,500.00. This book remains highly collectible, as the first work of an important author, and of an important series in the amateur detective genre. Common defects included damage to the cover and spine (of the book, not the victim in the story), and age-tanned pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230522
- Title
- WHOSE BODY?
- Author
- SAYERS, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cheap Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- ( 1954 )
- Keywords
- dorothy sayers lord peter wimsey montague egg
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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