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THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN
by JAMES, P D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684177730
- ISBN 13
- 9780684177731
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Scribners, 1982. NEAR FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Scribners. HARDCOVER. 1982. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. SIGNED by Author. AS NEW, bound in black on black with rose filt titles in black and rose printed dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Very light foxing to page edges. Cover design by Paul Bacon. Featuring Cordelia Gray. SIGNED ~ INSCRIBED by Author to owners of SCENE OF THE CRIME on front-free endpaper ~ To Ruth and Al With every good wish P D James 28 Sep 1985 ~. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
A Cordelia Gray MysteryHired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her own life as it is mysterious.Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in a production of The Duchess of Malfi, to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Island. Cordelia is there to ensure her safety following the appearance of a number of poison-pen letters. But it soon becomes clear that all are in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges, and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down to hell'.Marking the return of Cordelia Gray, The Skull beneath the Skin is a complex mystery which more than lives up to its predecessor, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002260
- Title
- THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN
- Author
- JAMES, P D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684177730
- ISBN 13
- 9780684177731
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Cordelia Gray, SCENE OF THE CRIME
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUTHOR J~K~L; SIGNED ~ INSCRIBED;
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About the Seller
SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
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