The House in Lordship Lane
by A.E.W. Mason
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$166.62$149.96
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of A. E. W. Mason's fifth and final Inspector Hanaud novel, in the illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The fifth and final novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series, this work was published when the author was eighty-one, thirty-six years after the first novel in the series.Hanaud, a French detective, is often viewed as an early template for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.With a former owner's inscription to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light fading to board heads. Inscription to front pastedown. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper bright, with light handling marks to back strip and rear wrap. Small closed tears to back strip head, repaired to the reverse with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 895F11
- Title
- The House in Lordship Lane
- Author
- A.E.W. Mason
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Inspector Hanaud Alfred Edward Woodley Mason The Four Feathers Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fore Edge
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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