Overture To Death: A Roderick Alleyn Mystery
by Ngaio Marsh
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- OK
- ISBN 10
- 0312964250
- ISBN 13
- 9780312964252
- Seller
-
Albany, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Used paperback book with a little creasing along the spine but there is moderate rubbing and chipping on both the front and back covers with a strong crease (almost a torn) on back corner. Please see the photos. No writing, notes, or highlighting interferes with the text. The binding is good and the text is perfectly readable.
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Synopsis
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which she more than lives up to her reputation as a crime writer of intelligence and style.It was planned as an act of charity: a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift.But its execution was doomed when Miss Campanula sat down to play. A chord was struck, a shot rang out and Miss Campanula was dead.A case of sinister infatuation for the brilliant Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jolene Nelson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 417
- Title
- Overture To Death
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Book Condition
- Used - OK
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312964250
- ISBN 13
- 9780312964252
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- March 15, 1998
- Pages
- 319
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...