Groaning Spinney by Mitchell (3 results)

Condition: FAIR. First printing. Mrs. Bradley is spending Christmas with her newly married nephew Jonathan and his wife Deb at their home in the Cotswolds. There she hears the story of a local apparition: the ghost of a country parson, it is said, can sometimes be seen at night slung over the gate leading to a grouping of trees called Groaning Spinney. After the holidays, villagers begin to receive anonymous poison pen letters and soon a real corpse is found on the gate - and as the spring thaw sets in, another body is found. 263 pp. Fair condition only in black cloth with silver lettering. Dampness to the upper corner of the boards has caused significant bleeding the endpapers and first few pages in the beginning and end, and part of the textblock edge. Still, this is a readable copy of a rather scarce title and one of her most appealing books.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Some foxing to the end-papers but otherwise a VG+ copy (with boards exceptionally bright and clean) in a VG D/W with fraying/ minor surface loss at the head of the spine and with a triangular chip at the base of the spine (not affecting any lettering) the effect of which has been diminished by neatly laying behind coloured paper akin to the missing piece. In Groaning Spinney, the creation of a snow-covered winter village and its emergence into springtime life and vitality provides the story with a vivid, picturesque seasonal backdrop. Features the psychoanalyst and amateur detective, Mrs Bradley. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A local legend of a murdered parson's ghost in a woodland known as "Groaning Spinney" becomes connected with a real corpse and a murder investigation for Mrs Bradley. Minor toning to text-block; jacket price-clipped and with some chipping. Jacket artwork by Nichols. (illustrator). Book.…