Devils Elbow by Mitchell Gladys, First Edition (3 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.

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. Signed by Author(s).

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.