Striding Folly including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories

Sayers, Dorothy L. (Introduction by Janet Hitchman)

ISBN 10: 0450549739 / ISBN 13: 9780450549731

Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (New English Library), London, 1991

About this Item

A very good copy in a similar dust jacket of the first hardback edition of this New English Library edition of this collection pf stories originally published by Gollancz, in 1972 . Dust Jacket: red patterned laminated paper with monochrome drawing of Lord Peter Wimsey to front, red and black lettering to front and spine, and black lettering to rear; very bright and clean, just slightest fading to spine; really in very good condition; not price clipped (now protected). Cover: black cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spine; very bright and clean; no visible signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; no markings, inscriptions or book plates; overall in excellent condition. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings. 128 pp.

Seller Inventory # 003563

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Striding Folly including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (New English Library), London
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0450549739
• ISBN 13: 9780450549731
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detction skills at their most spectacular.The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; an indignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a different side of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero.This book also features a biographical essay by Janet Hitchman, Sayers' first biographer.

About the Author

Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.