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CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES
by MARSH, NGAIO
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- first
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1969]., 1969. First edition. First U. S. edition. Fine in dust jacket with wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities. "An adroitly designed tale in which Alleyn in two places and his wife alone on a short Thames cruise dovetail information leading to the capture of a pictureque gang,"---A Catalogue of Crime #2408.
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
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50730
- Title
- CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES
- Author
- MARSH, NGAIO
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company, [1969].
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1969
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