CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES.
by Marsh, Ngaio (1895 - 1982)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in red boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket with some sunning to the spine. Original pr/red boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good
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Synopsis
Clutch of Constables is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-fifth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1968. The plot concerns art forgery, and takes place on a cruise on a fictional river in the Norfolk Broads; the "Constable" referred to in the title is John Constable, whose works are mentioned by several characters.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85997
- Title
- CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES.
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio (1895 - 1982)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in red boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket with some sunning to the spine. Original pr
- Jacket Condition
- red boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins / The Crime Club,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- (1968)
- Keywords
- golden age, detective fiction, art forgery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;
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