THE GRAIL TREE - A Lovejoy Narrative by Gash, Jonathan (pen name used by John Grant - also writes as Graham Gaunt) - 1979

New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1979. 213 pp. Yellow boards lettered in black on the spine. Book Club Code K33. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket with a short tear on the upper right of the front panel; clipped on the lower right of the front flap; no interior markings. Dj art by Leita Mitchell. In the world of antiques the Holy Grail is a holy terror - for almost every month someone claims to possess the original. So when an inebriated ex-clergyman confided to Lovejoy that he did indeed possess the cup, the resourceful antiques dealer knew just what to make of such a statement. The trouble was that someone else thought this version of the Grail was worth stealing - and now the owner was dead amid considerable carnage. Created by Ian La Frenais, Lovejoy was a British television series that ran from 1986 to 1994, starring Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, and a host of others, including Joanna Lumley for three episodes.. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Leita Mitchell;. 8vo. Author's Third Book.