- Author = gladys mitchell
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UNCOFFIN'D CLAY.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley "the distinguished woman detective of startling appearance and eccentric views" set in the countryside of north-west Dorset. 189 pp. Dust jacket by Graham Rogers. ISBN: 0-718118855.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (a few dates inked on rear pastedown, otherwise fine).
Book ID: 65219More details Price: $45.00 -
THE ECHOING STRANGERS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1952) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Mrs Bradley in the middle of her career (this is the 25th book in which she appears), and she is both mellowing and more assured. This book captures your attention from the first sentence; "If there is one morbid phenomenon of civilized existence to which scant justice has been done in English fiction, it is the devastating rediscovery in later life of the old school chum." 224 pp. Dust jacket art by Beatrice Bradley,
Condition: Good+ in a good+ dust jacket (some light soiling to the red covers, the usual toning to the pages, short closed tear to dj, etc) An attractive copy of an uncommon title in this series.
Book ID: 61891More details Price: $400.00 -
WRAITHS AND CHANGELINGS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of Mitchell's later books, featuring, of course, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley - 191 pp. Striking dust jacket by Mynheer. ISBN: 0-7181-1984..
Condition: Ex-library with the usual and spine slant, in in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 72134More details Price: $60.00 -
DANCE TO YOUR DADDY.
Edition: Reprint.
London: Severn House, (1986) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1969, this is described as a novel directly descended from Victorian melodrama. Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley is invited to visit a man who claims to be a relative of her first husband but when she arrives she hears conflicting stories, including from his young "wife" who claims to have been kidnapped by him. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-727812025.
Condition: Very good in a very near fine dustjacket (severe toning to pages).
Book ID: 87812More details Price: $35.00 -
BRAZEN TONGUE.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Good overall in flexible red cloth-covered boards (some wear to the covers, corners slightly bumped, no free rear endpaper, no dj)
Book ID: 88588More details Price: $75.00 -
MINGLED WITH VENOM.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1978)
dj. Hardcover first edition - A later title featuring Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley, set in Cornwall where a wealthy grandmother frustrates her family by favoring others - until she is inevitably found dead - poisoned by a horseradish sauce mixed with monkshood. When the wrong person is arrested it is up to Dame Bradley to straighten it out. 184 pp,. ISBN: 0-718116895.Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, but signs of reading with a slanted spine, missing front free endpaper, and a tape reinforced front hinge in a good unmarked dj (some wear to the ends of the spine) Original price of 4.25net still present.
Book ID: 88589More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RISING OF THE MOON.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1984, c. 1945) dj. Hardcover - Classic mystery originally published in 1945 and featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Edmund Crispin called this "One of the dozen best crime novels that I know."--. ISBN: 0-312684428.
Condition: Good in very good dust jacket (edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 40546More details Price: $12.50 -
FAINTLEY SPEAKING.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - First American edition of this Beatrice Lestrange Bradley mystery originally published in the UK in 1954. 224 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (hint of spine slant, minor edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 59737More details Price: $17.50 -
THE WORSTED VIPER.
Edition: 2nd printing (just one month after the first)
London: Michael Joseph, (1943). Hardcover - Uncommon early printing of this vintage Mrs Bradley mystery (the 15th in the series), one dealing with - among other things - witchcraft and Satanism. As in many of her books, Mitchell's sense of humor offsets the grimness of the theme. Publisher's note re wartime publication constraints on paper. 192 pp.
Condition: Good overall in beige cloth with red lettering (previous owner's name and stamp on endpaper, other overall wear)
Book ID: 62520More details Price: $125.00 -
THE RISING OF THE MOON.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Seattle: Thomas & Mercer, (2013). Classic mystery originally published in 1945 and featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Edmund Crispin called this "One of the dozen best crime novels that I know."--. 267 pp. ISBN: 978-1477818886.
Condition: Good condition (spine slant)
Book ID: 72129More details Price: $10.00 -
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN: A Mrs Bradley Mystery.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
Lyons, Colorado: Rue Morgue Press, (2009). First edition - The first US edition of a book originally published in 1947, featuring Mitchell's formidable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. 192 pp. Cover art by Sarah Elizabeth Taz Schantz. ISBN: 978-1601870414.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75179More details Price: $13.50 -
THE SALTMARSH MURDERS.
Edition: Book club edition.
London: Hogarth Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - Contains a new introduction by Patricia Craig and Mary Cadogan. The fourth in the series of 66 books which Mitchell wrote featuring Mrs (later Dame) Bradley, this was originally published in 1932. From the dj: 'Mrs. Bradley, a unique heroine and one of the most memorable personalities in crime fiction, excels herself in this classic and hilarious whodunit, proving that cosy English villages can be murderously peaceful.' 183 pp. ISBN: 0-701205717.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 84788More details Price: $27.50
