signed first edition
1980 · New York
by JAMES, P.D.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black cloth over red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 311pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with the spine colors notably unfaded. A standalone crime novel, written as a departure from the author's Adam Dalgliesh mysteries. (Inventory #: 25139)