Colour Scheme
by Marsh, Ngaio
Colour Scheme is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twelfth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1943. The novel takes place in New Zealand during World War II. Alleyn is working for military intelligence and is assigned to counterespionage. The plot involves suspected Nazi activity at a hot springs resort on the New Zealand coast. Alleyn incognito and going by the name Septimus Falls, must solve a gruesome murder in order to expose the spies.
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COLOUR SCHEME.
by Marsh, Ngaio.
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- 1943
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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$250.00
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DUNEDIN (NEW ZEALAND): COLLINS.. 1943. First Edition. First New Zealand edition. Fine in a near fine dj. (Couple closed 1"-inch tears at head of spine on dj. trace of mild age toning at upper edge of dj. flaps) Lovely copy of this uncommon wartime imprint by New Zealand's premier writer of mysteries. (B) . Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1943
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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London: Collins/The Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth boards with black spine lettering, light bumps to the corners and at the head and foot of the spine, very light foxing to the front endpaper. Price intact dust jacket with light wear to the corners, chipping and creasing to spine head and foot, with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Ngaio Marsh
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- 1995
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- 9780425146514
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1995. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Ngaio Marsh
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- 1943
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Stoney Creek, Ontario, CAN
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70 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada: Collins, 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Margaret Paull. First Canadian edition/printing. Book is in Near Fine (neat PON on FFE) condition and the dust jacket is in Very Good or better condition. A crime mystery set in war time New Zealand.
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Colour Scheme: Roderick Alleyn #12 (Inspector Roderick Alleyn)
by Marsh, Ngaio
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Colour Scheme
by Ngaio Marsh
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- 1943
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San Francisco, California, USA
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VG / VG 1943 Little, Brown & Co., stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket has minor edge wear + small creasing to lower right corner. A nice copy of the first U.S. edition of Marsh's 12th novel. Item Price
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COLOUR SCHEME
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Near Fine
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- 1943
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$144.00
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London: UK: Collins Crime Club, 1943. Publishers orange cloth shows signs of very light soiling and some foxing, eelse a near fine copy in dust jacket with light wear at edges and some soiling to rear panel else near fine. This copy, although not marked as such, comes from the Otto Penzler collection . "Roderick Alleyn does not… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- 1995
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Berkley Publishing Group, 1995. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by ngaio marsh
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- 1943-01-01
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Dearborn, Michigan, USA
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$25.00
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little brown, 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover, BCE 1943 Little Brown 314 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. just a touch of shelf/edge wear to brown cloth boards with gilt spine titles - tiny bumps to corners. Minor shelf/edge wear, a few closed tears and dust soiling to Dj - now in mylar.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Ngaio Marsh
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- 1943
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$44.34
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The uncommon first edition of Colour Scheme, a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh. First edition of Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh in the original publisher's binding. Ngaio Marsh was an mystery writer of the twentieth century, the golden age of detective fiction. She was appointed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Ngaio Marsh
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- Very Good
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- First edition
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- 1943
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$221.72
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. One of Ngaio Marsh's popular and thrilling Roderick Alleyn novels, the first edition of this New Zealand set murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Marsh's twelfth Roderick Alleyn novel, 'Colour Scheme' is a gripping murder… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by MARSH Ngaio
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1943
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Christchurch, Canterbury, NZL
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$18.10
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London: Collins, 1943 brick red cloth titled in black with THE CRIME CLUB at spine tail, sewn binding, oddly enough these war era editions printed in New Zealand to obviate the cost of shipping from the British printers are better quality in that they are folded and sewn sheets, earlier title by this famous New Zealand author, first edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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COLOUR SCHEME
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- 1st Edition
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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$59.50
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Toronto: Collins, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition of this World War II Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn mystery. A near fine copy in orange cloth, (previous collector's discreet name and date to the front free endpaper), black titles to the spine in a better than very good pictorial dustwrapper with some overall… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme.
by MARSH, Ngaio.
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Tamworth, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: Collins, (1943). First Canadian Edition. Name on endpaper, else very good in a chipped and torn, used dust jacket.. Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used - VG
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- 1st Printing
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- 1946
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- Paperback
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Alliance, Ohio, USA
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$10.00
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NY: Pocket Books. VG. 1946. 1st Printing. Paperback. Pocket Books #351, 1946. Stated first printing. Very Good condition. T he lamination is peeling at the corners and at the edges. A light bit of red overspray from the page blocks appears at the edges of the cove rs. Contents are fine. . Item Price
$10.00
Colour Scheme (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 12)
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used - CollectibleGood
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- 9781937384555
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Wantage, New Jersey, USA
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CollectibleGood. 1943 Little Brown Press Book Club hardcover with scarce original jacket. Solid binding, unmarked text, jacket has edge wear and tear, a good early copy with rare jacket. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used - Very Good
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- 9780425146514
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Berkley. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Mass Market Paperback edition. (mystery) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Item Price
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COLOUR SCHEME
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Good
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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mansfield, Missouri, USA
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$10.00
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Grosset & Dunlap. NY., 1943 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 314 pages. Bound in gray cloth with green lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of 100100. Book with slight wear--clean, tight and unmarked. Wrapper with light wear; rear cover large damp stain at bottom. NEAR FINE/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Marsh, Ngaio
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- Used
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- Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1943
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- Hard Cover
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Leicester, GBR
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$152.04
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London: Collins Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Collins 1943). First UK edition. Publisher's orange boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards really bright and clean. Front hinge just starting and a bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down otherwise VG indeed in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Scheme
by Ngaio Marsh
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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Rochester, New York, USA
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$21.75
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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1943 Missing dust jacket. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Brown publisher's cloth with embossed title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Publisher's red top stain to top edge of text block. Not a book club edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Item Price
$21.75