Plot by Evelyn Piper, First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Simon & Schuster's printed postcard with 'The Plot' typed in, with a request for the reader's response to the book, laid in. The fifth well-plotted mystery by the Edgar Award nominated author who has two books adapted to successful films, 'The Nanny' starring Bette Davis, and 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' starring Laurence Olivier. A well-preserved presentable first edition in dust jacket. Some light rubbing to the lower shelf-edges, else very nearly fine in yellow over salmon linen boards with black Inner Sanctum book-reading face emblem to the front cover, and with black titles, borders, and emblem to the spine; in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with art by H. Lawrence Hoffman, with minuscule nicks and teeny tears to the upper and lower spine edges, a half-inch creased tear to the upper edge of the rear panel, very faint damp-stain to the lower spine end, a pin-head hole and a minute scuff-line near the lower front flap-fold. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear protective, removable sleeve after scanning for this entry.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little fraying to the head of the spine; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over quarter-bound yellow on orange boards with black titles to the spine; Measures 7¾" x 5" (0.5 kg); pp 204; In the Inner Sanctum series; Cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #103987 ||.