![]() ![]() ![]() Dj Restored By A Conservator To New, Bright Condition. With The Original Yellow Dust Jacket Printed In Black, Front Flap Without Printing, 3 Ads On Rear Flap, Ad For Anthony Adverse On Rear Panel With "Publication Date: January 8Th 1934" At Top, And Comment By Noel Coward At Bottom. Internally Bright And Clean, Hinges Solid, Red Spine Lettering Bright, Fraying Along Top Edge Of The Spine With A Few Points Of Fraying On Bottom Spine Edge But Without Loss To Top Edge Or Bottom Edge Of Spine Height, Boards Clean And Without Other Fraying. Dust Jacket Condition: Restored Dust Jacket. ![]() with just marginal age toning due to paper used. Contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Externally smart with slight rubbing to the boards. A smart copy of Sayers' finest literary achievement. Sayers was a prolific author of crime fiction during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. Widely considered her best work, Sayers can perhaps be forgiven for the minor criticism regarding her inaccurate campanology details. The nine tellerstrokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll out the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Wimsey to confront and contemplate the good and the evil that lurks in all of life and in every human's actions. The Nine Tailors is the ninth novel to feature Lord Peter Wimsey and is set in the Lincolnshire Fens, with the story concerning a group of bell-ringers at the local parish church. ![]() Lacking the very scarce original dust wrapper. A scarce first edition of one of Sayers' most loved novels, featuring her protagonist, Lord Peter Wimsey. ![]()
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