Death and the Joyful Woman.

by PARGETER, Edith, as Ellis Peters.

$1,182 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: for the Crime Club by Collins,, 1961. First edition, first impression, of the author's third novel as Ellis Peters, for which she was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America. "Ellis Peters became Pargeter's most successful literary incarnation and the name by which she is best known as a writer" (ODNB). Scarce in anything approaching this condition. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. An excellent copy in the bright dust jacket with discreet tape-repair to verso along joints. Hubin p. 316

• Year: 1961
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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