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No Wind of Blame
by Georgette Heyer
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1939. Very Good. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 320 pp. Rebound in dark blue boards with black lettering and unidentified ex-libris illustration on front.
Boards lightly edgeworn with some moderate to heavy scuffing and spotting to cloth. Spine cocked and faded. Binding is sound. Light spotting to edges of text block and rear endpapers with occasional marginal foxing to interior, else pages unmarked.
Boards lightly edgeworn with some moderate to heavy scuffing and spotting to cloth. Spine cocked and faded. Binding is sound. Light spotting to edges of text block and rear endpapers with occasional marginal foxing to interior, else pages unmarked.
Synopsis
The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible—no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that may—or may not—be at the heart of the case...PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER:"Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit."Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12178
- Title
- No Wind of Blame
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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