Cardington Crescent : a Victorian Murder Mystery by PERRY, Anne - 1987

St. Martin's Press, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

St Martins Pr, 1987-02-01. 1. Hardcover. Used:Good.

St Martins Pr, 1987-02. Hardcover. Used: Good.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1987. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Perry's Victorian sleuths Inspector Thomas Pitt and his redoubtable wife Charlotte return after Death in the Devil's Acre and Bluegate Fields to poke holes in the stiff fabric of London's high society. While Thomas works on a case involving a murdered woman whose body has been dismembered and left in packages around the city, Charlotte's brother-in-law George is poisoned at the home of his cousin's family on Cardington Crescent. George had been suffering an infatuation for his cousin's wife Sybilla, and the family would like to squelch the suggestion of scandal by leaving the crime unsolved, allowing their circle to believe the poison was administered by his wife Emily Charlotte's sister in a fit of jealousy. Charlotte arrives at Cardington Crescent to clear Emily's name and while… Read More

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 8th Inspector Thomas Pitt and Charlotte Pitt mystery set in Victorian England. Lovely crisp copy with only a faint bump to bottom of spine. Some traces of rubbing to corners and edges of dust jacket and one tiny closed tear at base of spine, now in a protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1ST EDITION

St Martins Pr. Collectible - Good. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1st edition. 8vo Hardcover. 314pp. Good book and Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front pastedown. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (mystery, historical fiction, victorian) Inquire if you need further information.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this 19th-century mystery, in which the sleuths not only have to contend with solving a murder but with the Victorian propensity to bury domestic problems so as not to offend Polite Society. Anne Perry's career as a mystery writer was very nearly overshadowed by the bombshell that, as a teen in New Zealand, she and her friend were convicted of the murder of her friend's mother in a sensational case that was the basis for the film HEAVENLY CREATURES. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original boards. Original unclipped ($15.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 314 pages. Inscribed by Perry to front flyleaf "To ---, / with best wishes," dated 16. 4. 88. Jacket with some edgewear, light sunning to spine. Binding with mild edgewear, slight lean; front hinge starting. Interior clean.