AMIS, KINGSLEY

Crime of the Century

Mysterious Press, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0892963980. First Edition. Green Hardcovers, black cloth spine covering. Tightly bound with bright, unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping, a small dent to the front cover bottom edge. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. "A string of murders of young women in a London park brings Detective Bill Barry out of retirement and attracts a slew of politicians, psychologists, and lawyers, as well as a detective novelist suffering from writer's block. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27357

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature

Keywords: 0892963980 Fiction > Mystery & Detective British Literature Fiction Mystery & Detective England

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE (1907-1989)

Rendezvous and Other Stories

London : Gollancz, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575028459. Bright red Hardcovers, gilt title to the spine. A sound binding, bright, unarked pages. In Fine condition. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition. "The fourteen tales included in the present volume were written over a period of many years some of them before her first novels were published, others in her thirties and forties; they reflect many human romance, disenchantment, fantasy, nostalgia, ambition, irony, the longing for adventure. Each story is based on something du Maurier observed or overheard and will provide pleasure for every mood." ; 142 X 22 X 219 millimeters. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27002

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Mystery, British Literature

Keywords: 0575028459 Fiction > Classics Short Stories British Literature Mystery Fiction Mystery & Detective Classics Short Stories