False Scent

by Marsh, Ngaio

False Scent is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-first novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1960. The plot concerns the murder of an aging stage actress, and continues Marsh's fascination with the theater and with acting.

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FALSE SCENT

by Marsh, Ngaio

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First Edition
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1960
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London, United Kingdom: Collins Crime Club, 1960. 1st edition. Publishers black binding is bright and unmarked, silver lettering at spine is bright and crisp with no flecking in a pristine dust jacket, no fading, unclipped, price 12s. 6d. net intact, very lightly soiled at rear, in protective mylar cover. Beautiful copy. This copy, although… Read more about this item
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by Ngaio Marsh

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1st Edition 1st Printing
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1960
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Hardcover
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UK: The Crime Club, Collins, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. False Scent by Ngaio Marsh First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1960. A near fine book that is free of inscriptions. Covers are bright and unmarked. In original (remarkably well preserved) fine dust jacket that has no creasing or tears, no rubbing and is completely… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by Marsh, Ngaio

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Published
1981
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Soft Cover
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9780515060072
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Berkley Publishing Group, 1981. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly creased and scuffed; moderate edge wear
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False Scent

by Ngaio Marsh

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1963
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Paperback
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Fontana, Collins, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. First Thus. 254 pages. Paperback book. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Firm binding. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners. Moderate staining, tanning and creasing to covers and spine. Book has a forward lean.
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False Scent

by Ngaio Marsh

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Used - Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss to the spine ends and corn
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1960
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London: Collins for The Crime Club, 1960. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss to the spine ends and corners. Pages lightly age-tanned. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 7½” x 5”… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by MARSH, Ngaio

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First U.K. Edition
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1960
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London: Crime Club / Collins, 1960. First U.K. Edition. First printing. 12mo (19cm). Black paper over boards, titled in silver, in original pink dust jacket; plain endpapers; 254pp; publisher's ad to jacket rear flap. Square and tight, lightly rubbed at edges, endpapers discolored, spotting to edges of text block not affecting interior: Very Good. Jacket price-clipped, spine sunned, rubbed… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by Marsh, Ngaio

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1st Edition
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1960
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London: Collins for The Crime Club. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. The dustjacket has several small chips to edges, spine ends and corners with some scttered foxing to inside. The book has some mild foxing to endpapers (only a few… Read more about this item
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by Ngaio Marsh

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Used - Near Fine
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Very Good Indeed
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First edition
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1960
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Cloth
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London: Crime Club by Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. An exceptionally bright first edition of the twenty-first Roderick Alleyn novel from Ngaio Marsh. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.In this novel, Alleyn investigates the murder of a West End stage… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by MARSH Ngaio

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Good
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First Edition
Published
1960
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Hardcover
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London: Collins, 1960 (500 gram rate) pen inscription to fep otherwise clean copy in unclipped dust jacket with some foxing showing to rear white panel ( the scan shows the foxing as darker than appears to the eye), split at bottom quarter of upper joint, minor rubbing or chipping to spine ends and corners, 254pp. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by MARSH Ngaio

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Very Good
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First Edition
Published
1960
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Hardcover
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London: Collins, 1960 two pen names ( one crossed out) to top corner of fep otherwise clean copy in VG DW, 254pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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by Marsh, Ngaio

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9780515060072
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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False Scent

by Marsh Ngaio

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Used - Good+
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First Edition; First Printing
Published
1960
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Hardcover
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London; Crime Club; 1960. Good+. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. H/b; 8vo; 254pp; some foxing on edges; fep removed; g+1st ed; Collins Crime Club; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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False Scent

by Ngaio Marsh

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1963
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Paperback
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Fontana - Collins, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. First Edition Thus. 254 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… Read more about this item
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False Scent.

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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.[Serialised in Australian Women's Weekly (1960) magazineand also serialised inan abridged form in the UK,in 'Woman's Journal',February - May,1960.] VG+/NFINE.Owner's ihandwritten,black ink name to front free endpaper,and a b/w W. H. SMITH Circulating/lending Library bookplate with a W.H. Smith Railway Station elliptical,black ink Library stamp (first few letters of station's name illegible - but ending LETT).pasted to… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by Ngaio Marsh

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1960
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Collins, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild… Read more about this item
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False Scent

by Marsh, Ngaio

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1981
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Mass Market Paperback
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9780515060072
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Jove Books, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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False Scent

by Marsh, Ngaio

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Published
1960
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London: Collins/The Crime Club, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black paper boards with silver spine lettering, a couple of very light bumps, dust jacket with a few small nicks in the edges and a light fade, but overall a clean and tight copy. Unrpiced dust jacket.
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False Scent

by MARSH Ngaio

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First Edition
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1960
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London: Collins, 1960 (500 gram rate) two pen names ( one crossed out) to top corner of fep otherwise clean copy, lacks dust jacket 254pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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by Marsh, Ngaio

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1st Edition
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1960
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The Crime Club, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and marked.Rubber stamps.Old tape residue marks.Scribbled.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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False Scent

by Marsh, Ngaio

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Used - Good
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First Edition
Published
1960
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Hardcover
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The Crime Club, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 254 pages (complete). Jacket torn with some parts missing, marked. Boards shelf rubbed, marked, worn, previous ownership stamp. Tanning, foxing. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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