Search Results: the nine tailors by sayers

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1934]., 1934. First edition. First U.S. edition. Fine tight copy in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. A classic of the genre as Lord Peter Wimsey tries to solve the murder of an unknown corpse in a quiet country churchyard. "Through it all, grave and gay, goes the pealing of the bells and the great voice of "Tailor Paul" tolling out the nine "tailors," the nine teller-strokes that ring for the death of a man." The author's was praised for her ability to translate the technical descriptions of the bell ringing into a life-like picture of the inexperienced ringer making awful faces as he mouthed and mumbled his way through the peal. A sharp copy.

London: Victor Gollancz, Inc., 1934. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good Book/Fine. Frontispiece. 351 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Red. First Edition. Internally Bright And Clean, Hinges Solid, Red Spine Lettering Bright, Fraying Along Top Edge Of The Spine With A Few Points Of Fraying On Bottom Spine Edge But Without Loss To Top Edge Or Bottom Edge Of Spine Height, Boards Clean And Without Other Fraying. With The Original Yellow Dust Jacket Printed In Black, Front Flap Without Printing, 3 Ads On Rear Flap, Ad For Anthony Adverse On Rear Panel With "Publication Date: January 8Th 1934" At Top, And Comment By Noel Coward At Bottom. Dj Restored By A Conservator To New, Bright Condition. [Dj Was Worn, The Spine And The Flap Folds Browned; The Front Panel Was Detached From The Spine Along The Front Spine Fold; The Entire Bottom 1" Of The Spine, With The Publisher's Name And Part Of The Publisher's Logo, Was Lacking, Although Part Of The Gollancz Logo Remained; There… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce first edition of one of Sayers' most loved novels, featuring her protagonist, Lord Peter Wimsey. The first edition, first impression. Lacking the very scarce original dust wrapper. The Nine Tailors is the ninth novel to feature Lord Peter Wimsey and is set in the Lincolnshire Fens, with the story concerning a group of bell-ringers at the local parish church. Widely considered her best work, Sayers can perhaps be forgiven for the minor criticism regarding her inaccurate campanology details. Sayers was a prolific author of crime fiction during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. A smart copy of Sayers' finest literary achievement. In the original black cloth binding. Externally smart with slight rubbing to the boards. Lifting to backstrip. Slight bumping to the extremities. Contemporary ink… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First American Edition, Second Printing 2nd Printing. Orange Cloth. Very Good + Book/Good + Dust Jacket. 331 Pp. Stated Second Printing Of The First American Edition;; Identical To First Printing Except For Second Printing Statement. A Very Bright, Clean Copy. Spine A Little Worn And Bumped At Top And Bottom Without Fraying. Hinges Strong, Pages Clean Internally With Very Light Even Aging. Second Printing Dustjacket ($2.00 Price On Front Flap, No Indication Of Printing, Same Front And Spine As First Printing With Scene Of Church, Clouds And Moon, But Dashiel Hammet Blurb At Top Of Rear Panel, Not At Bottom, With Five Titles Below) , Light Edge Chipping Without Loss Of Any Text, Both Flaps Present And Complete, Some Splitting Along Rear Flap Fold, Original $2.00 Price At Bottom Of Front Flap.

London: Gollancz, 1934. First Edition. Good only copy with a split at the front hinge, some wear to the cloth, and light wear in a fine facsimile dust jacket. A Lord Peter Wimsey novel and the author’s most famous mystery.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good. First edition, second printing. No jacket. Orange cloth over boards with black lettering on front and spine. Spine slightly faded, rubbing to extremities, beginning of fraying at corners, and slight lean. Splitting (but fully holding firmly) between the page listing other books by the author and the frontispiece page. The interior is evenly toned, otherwise it is very clean and clear.  Pages: (8) 331 (3)     Dimensions: 7¾ x 5½ x 1¼  .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and company, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. Stated first edition, in orange cloth. First issue dust jacket with church and moon on front, Dashiel Hammett blurb at bottom of rear panel. Jacket well rubbed and chipped, held together by paper repairs. Book has library stamps to endpapers, but not other markings. Else, better than average.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1944]., 1944. First edition. Later U. S. edition. Originally published in 1934. A Wartime book. Offsetting to front and rear endpapers, else a near fine, clean, tight copy in dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine, lightly soiled on the white rear cover, and light wear to the spine ends. One of the best of the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery stories in which he must find an illusive murderer. The ancient church and bells of the Fenchurch St. Paul play the leading part, and the book is steeped in the atmosphere of that strange, flat fen-country of East Anglia, fitting for a tale that begins with an unknown corpse in a quiet country churchyard.

NY: Pocket Books, 1942. Cover by Silten. 366pp. Light general wear. Light general wear. Photos on request. #185, Oct., First Printing. Paperback. Good+. Mass Market.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, January 1960. Book Club. Hardcover . Used Very Good/no No Jacket.

Pocket Books. Fair. 1942. Paperback; 1st Printing. 185. Complete/unabridged. Very well used. Looseness. Front/rear hinges almost all split. Still a hard to find early copy in any condition. Contains war ads such as Victory Book Campaign. Paper recycling for war effort. ; A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery; 366 pages .