- Author = gladys mitchell
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THE DEATH-CAP DANCERS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of Mitchell's later books, featuring, of course, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley - A woman member of a folk-dance group (Morris dancers) is killed on the Yorkshire moors. 192 pp. Striking dust jacket by Graham Rogers. ISBN: 0-7181-1984..
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (usual light toning to the pages, some spine slant, price-clipped)
Book ID: 92426More details Price: $45.00 -
A JAVELIN FOR JONAH.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - When an unlikeable teacher named David 'Jonah'Jones disappears from an exclusive, sports-focused school for delinquent rich children, only to be found murdered in the long jump pit, Hamish Gavin, a new teacher, calls upon his godmother, the eccentric psychoanalyst and detective Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, to investigate the crime and the subsequent student murder, an investigation which unearths multiple suspects with strong motives, including blackmail, and culminating in a dramatic unmasking of the killer. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-718111931.
Condition: Very near fine in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 92965More details Price: $175.00 -
THE MURDER OF BUSY LIZZIE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A rather hard-to-find later novel featuring Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. A family holiday on a remote island turns sinister when the estranged sister, Eliza 'Busy Lizzie' Dashleigh, is found murdered. As in many of Mitchell's novels, mood and character are prioritized over a traditional, straightforward detection plot, and the story weaves together family feuds, local folklore, smuggling, and suspected witchcraft, with an array of characters including an 'infestation of ornithologists.' 213 pp. ISBN: 0-718111273.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spine slant, small piece of plain white paper pasted on title page and verso, price-clipped)
Book ID: 92964More details Price: $80.00 -
LOVERS, MAKE MOAN.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book "which is an unabashed, unrepentent, middle of the road whodunnit which keeps all the rules of that classic literary form." A Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley mystery, in which the plot revolves around an amateur dramatic society's performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in which Pyramus kills himself. 192 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Graham Rogers. ISBN: 0-718120310.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, some spine slant in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 92962More details Price: $50.00 -
LATE LATE IN THE EVENING.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fiftieth novel by Mitchell, who was in the 30s and 40s considered, along with Christie and Sayers, to be one of the 'big three' of English female mystery writers. This is set in a time "before Mrs Bradley became Dame Beatrice, when life was quieter. In the small Oxfordshire village where Ken and Meg Clifton spend their school holidays, the Fair is the most exciting thing that ever happens - that is, until a double murder is suddenly committed." 190 pp. Dust jacket art by Ewa Zembatty. ISBN: 0-718114205.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with silver lettering (slight spine slant, usual toning to the pages) in a very good dust jacket (sunning to spine, small chip at bottom).
Book ID: 92430More details Price: $95.00 -
DEATH AT THE OPERA.
Edition: Paperback.
London: Sphere, (1990). The fifth Mrs. Bradley mystery, originally published by Grayson & Grayson in 1934 and then in paperback by Penguin in 1939. Mrs. Beatrice Bradley, pioneer psycho-analyst and reputed sleuth, investigates the murder of "the most innocuous of murder victims" during a performance of The Mikado. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-74740254X.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 92151More details Price: $13.50 -
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 -
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 -
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 Barbara Bradley,
Condition: Good+ in a very 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: $350.00 -
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 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 -
COLD, LONE AND STILL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - A very late novel by Mitchell, one of three published posthumously - in this a literary agent and his fiancee are taking a holiday following the Scottish Highland Way. 190 pp. Dustjacket illustration by Graham Rogers. ISBN: 0-71812264x.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (some dampstaining to the upper half of the back cover of the dj, minor crinkling to the upper corners of several leaves, but no staining).
Book ID: 90870More details Price: $25.00 -
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 -
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 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 -
A HEARSE ON MAY-DAY.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant)
Book ID: 92863More details Price: $115.00 -
MY BONES WILL KEEP.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in black boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 92885More details Price: $50.00 -
NO WINDING SHEET.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of three novels in this series featuring Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, a psychoanalyst and author published posthumously. Mitchell was - along with other female members of the Detection Club - Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - one of the most prominent authors of that era, as well as one of the most long-lived and prolific. She was unique in having a professional woman as her detective. Set at school for boys where the headmaster becomes concerned when one of his senior staff disappears - along with the funds he had collected from students and faculty to fund a school trip to Greece. Surprisingly uncommon. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-718123999.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, some spine slant, in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 92886More details Price: $35.00 -
THREE QUICK AND FIVE DEAD.
Edition: Reprint, first thus.
London: Severn House, (1989) dj. Hardcover - The 41st novel in this series featuring Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, a psychoanalyst and author, originally published in 1968. Mitchell was - along with other female members of the Detection Club - Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - one of the most prominent authors of that era, as well as one of the most long-lived and prolific. She was unique in having a professional woman as her detective. Laura Gavin is walking on a quiet country road with her son's young Irish wolfhound. He suddenly bolts and is found guarding the body of a young murdered woman. Uncommon is all printings. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-727816497.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 92887More details Price: $45.00 -
FAULT IN THE STRUCTURE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Michael Joseph, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Suprisingly uncommon later mystery featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley, one which is less a conventional puzzle and more a character study, building tension slowly as Dame Beatrice's sharp memory and observations unravel a decades-old mystery involving themes of inheritance, historical allusions (to figures like A.C. Swinburne and T.E. Lawrence), and the world of amateur dramatics. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-7181-16011.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (a tight and clean copy, number stamped on copyright page, slight sunning to spine of dj, small chip to bottom edge of front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 92960More details Price: $75.00 -
WHEN LAST I DIED.
Edition: First thus.
London: Hogarth Crime, (1895) dj. Hardcover first edition - Reissue of Mitchell's thirteenth novel featuring Mrs Bradley, originally published in 1941. Definitely one of her best novels and probably the most accessible, this is both amusing and satisfying to read, with a complicated plot ranging from boys missing from a reformatory, to an old lady strangling on grated carrots, poltergiests, and a house built on an ancient foundation. This book introduces Mrs Bradley's son Ferdinand Lestrange, his wife Caroline and their seven year old son, Derek, and so it reveals her character in a gentler, more mellow light. With a new introduction by Patricia Craig and Mary Cadogan. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-7012-06403.
Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (remainder line, toning to the pages)
Book ID: 92961More details Price: $50.00 -
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







