Devils Elbow by Gladys Mitchell, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 223. Original cloth, lightly marked. The unclipped d/w is considerably edge-worn and torn with some small loss.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver spine lettering. Light foxing to both sets of end-papers and a couple of faint creases to the rear one) otherwise VG indeed in a VG+/near fine with minuscule wear to the head and tail of the spine however with none of the usual darkening to the spine. A nice copy of one of the scarcer Gladys Mitchell first editions from the 1950's. "With her usual mix of Freudian analysis, word association, literary allusion, contemptuous interviewing technique ('Think it out, child') and amiable amoral detachment, Mrs Bradley knows who 'did it' well before anyone else" (Good Reads). Scottish locale. Set on a coach tour. Uncommon. Great cover art by Bradley. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver spine lettering. A VG+ copy in a clean binding in a VG dustwrapper with a tiny chip at the head of the spine and a slither of loss from the bottom edge of the front panel. Great cover art by Barbara Bradley. Photographs/scans available upon request.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Barbara Bradley illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the head and tail of the spine, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some spotting to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears with associated creasing and mild toning of the rear panel. Not price-clipped (9s 6d net to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front endpaper "A ma bonne et / heureuse amie, avec mon amour, Dorothy / Dunn, la jeune D. / Gladys Mitchell / Novembre 1951". The twenty-fourth Mrs Bradley detective novel. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First UK Edition. The 24th Mrs. Bradley mystery. Front board warped, with light toning to the endpapers, overall Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine.