Buried for Pleasure: A Detective Story

Edmund Crispin [Robert Bruce Montgomery]

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1948

About this Item

A smart first edition of this exciting detective story from English crime writer, Edmund Crispin. First edition. The sixth in the series featuring Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen. In a Golden Age-style mystery combined with elements of farce, Fen contests a by-election in a rural constituency, but events are overtaken by a shocking murder case. Written by Edmund Crispin, the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1948. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 890T77

Bibliographic Details

Title: Buried for Pleasure: A Detective Story

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1948

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book