Surfeit Of Lampreys

London: Collins, 1941 Very scarce early signed Ngaio Marsh SIGNED TO TITLE PAGE by author [Best wishes from Ngaio] in early hand, probably soon after publication, now that the good part is over with, the bad news as to the condition! the orange cloth has at some point been damp and has bled a lot of dye onto the reverse… Read more about this item

Ex-library book has usual markings, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. No DJ. Very little bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. The Lamprey family, a group of feckless but very charming Micawber-like aristocrats living in pre-war London, ask their wealthy uncle for yet another loan. Uncle refuses, soundly reproved… Read more about this item

London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1941). First British edition. Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn, Detective-Inspector Fox and the Lampreys. First published in the USA as "Death of a Peer". "Her writing is as good as any to be found in crime fiction" (H. R. F. Keating, nominating the book as among the hundred best in all crime and mystery… Read more about this item

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression:1st.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Chancellor Press.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers, Very slight shelf wear to corners, No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations but has small gift inscriptions to title, No tanning, seems un-read.… Read more about this item

London: The Crime Club. Good with no dust jacket. (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Spine cloth stained and faded. Cloth worn and rubbed at ends of spine. Foxing to page edges. ; 316 + 4 pages advertisements. Red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 182 x 122mm. .

London: Collins Crime Club, 1941. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A first edition copy of Marsh's crime novel, published as part of the Collins Crime Club, in the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Collins Crime Club novel. 'Surfeit of Lampreys' is a crime novel by Ngaio Marsh, and… Read more about this item

UK: Collins, 1941. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1941. Book is very good+ and bright. Contents good. Light colour bleed to endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Quite a nice example. More images can be taken… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1951 VG+/VG. 8vo. original red cloth (a little rubbed, prev. owner's name to title page, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & a little frayed); pp. 316, [4 (pubs. cat.), with endpaper map. A very good copy. The tenth novel in the Chief Inspector Alleyn series. A colour article entitled 'Dame Ngaio Marsh at Home'… Read more about this item

London: Collins/The Crime Club, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, 316 [4] - ads. Red cloth, black lettering, in the dust jacket. Edges of cloth a little rubbed, head and heel of spine lightly bumped, uneven discolouration to the front board, ink name on front endpaper, dust jacket not price clipped, chipped corners and light chipping… Read more about this item

London: Collins; St. James Library, 1951. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. A Very Good Copy In Very Good Dust Jacket. Small closed tears and nicks to edge of dust jacket. Extremely Rare Signed By The Author 316p., 21 cm. Scans available on request.

London: Fontana Books / Collins. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1961). Softcover. Creasing and fading to spine. Crease to front cover.; Paperback reprint. First Fontana Books printing. 284, [4] pages. Page dimensions: 182 x 122mm. New Zealand author. Crime fiction, a novel. "Roberta Grey first met the Lampreys in New Zealand." - the opening sentence. .

Penguin Books, 1955. Paperback. Acceptable. 1955. First Edition Thus. 303 pages. Green striped Penguin paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Stained covers.

London: Collins, 1943 third impression of first edition, light brick red cloth, slight fade to spine, pencil to fep, closed edges slightly dust soiled or browned, 316pp + (4) pp adverts (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Fontana - Collins, 1971. Paperback. Acceptable. 1971. Sixth Impression. 284 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Book has a rolled spine. Visible wear marks to spine and covers.

Penguin, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. Reprinted. 303 pages. Green and white striped paper covers. 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 marking and tanning.

Fontana - Collins, 1971. Paperback. Acceptable. 1971. 6th Impression. 284 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscription to first page. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine.

Penguin Books, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. Reprint. 303 pages. Paperback book. 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 marking and tanning.

Collins, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Collins 1981 reprint. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in near mint condition.

London : Fontana, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 303p 19cm. Subjects; English literature; 20th century. English fiction; 20th century. Drama novels. Mystery novels.

Collins Clear Type Press 1943. FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (TATTY); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs