Dorothy L Sayers

	The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L Sayers 1934 UK hardback First edition FIRST impression, Gollancz, London In original 1st issue 7/6 dust jacket The book is near fine, no names or inscriptions, clean and bright The wrapper has been professionally restored to spine ends and tips, top 10 mm bottom very shallow This has been professionally done by the world's leading exponent A very important and exceedingly rare title in jacket A superb clean and bright copy, priced to sell at well below market value For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	In the Teeth of Evidence - Dorothy L Sayers 1939 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Gollancz, London A near VG book without dustwrapper No names, inscriptions or stamps etc Tightly bound and square, Some scattered spotting and wear to cloth extrenities Includes a Lord Peter story For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Whose Body - Dorothy L Sayers 1923 USA hardback first edition, first impression, Boni Liveright, London True 1st issue, no 'inc' to title page A VG book sadly sans dustwrapper Small neat name but no inscriptions or stamps etc Tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth Cloth shows some rubbing and wear to edges The authors first book, precedes the UK edition For Sale £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Hangman's Holiday - Dorothy Sayers 1962 English Penguin paperback edition, London A reading copy only, paper tanning and some wear to page edges No names, inscriptions or stamps etc A Penguin first but for a reader rather than collector For Sale at £5 (approx $10) *DF5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L Sayers 1934 UK hardback first edition, SECOND (same month as first) impression, Gollancz, London A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped (7/6 on spine) dust wrapper No names, inscriptions or stamps etc Tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth The Jacket shows just some minor wear to foredge and extremeties A lovely clean copy featuring Lord Peter Wimsey A very scarce book in jacket, exactly as the first but for '2nd Impression' on DW and in book For Sale SOLD at £250 (approx $400) *S - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Have His Carcase 1963 English Penguin paperback later edition A solid reading copy No names, inscriptions, some edge tanning Tightly bound and square, Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey A nice reading copy and classic Golden Age crime fiction For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF4 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Strong Poison - SIGNED 1932 UK hardback THIRD impression, Gollancz, London Signed on the title page by the author A VG+ book in VG indeed dust wrapper Presented to the Detection Club by Sayers, Detection Club bookplate present No names, inscriptions or stamps etc Tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth The Jacket shows just some shallow loss and browning to spine A unique book and a superb association copy A very rare book in its own right, never mind signed and the bookplate For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Clouds of Witness 1974 English paperback later edition. NEL A tight reading copy No names, inscriptions, some edge tanning Tightly bound and square, The Duke of Denver is charged with Murder PW investigates A clean reading copy For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Striding Folly 1975 British softback later edition. New English Library A VG+ copy Clean tidy covers Tightly bound and square, Three PW mysteries, Striding Folly, The Haunted Policeman and Talboys A bright readers copy For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Five Red Herrings 1975 United Kingdom soft cover later edition. NEL A bright attractive example No names, inscriptions, minor paper tanning Tightly bound and square, Six suspects in a death but 5 are red herrings, PW has to decide which A tidy book For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Busman's Honeymoon 1975 British softback later edition. New English Library A VG+ copy Covers are clean and bright Tightly bound and square, Lord Peter Wimsey gets married !! The last full-length novel and a classic Great value with 398 pages ! For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Documents in the Case 1974 English paperback later edition. NEL Very tidy reading copy No names, inscriptions, some edge tanning Tight and square, Widely regarded as one of the authors most unusual tales A very agreeable copy For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Unnatural Death 1976 UK softback new edition. New English Library A VG+ copy Clean tidy covers Tightly bound and square, no paper taning, clean covers PW investigates the death of Agatha Dawson and must make headway before he becomes the next victim ! A very acceptable example For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club 1970 English paperback new edition. NEL A solid readers copy No names, inscriptions, slight edge tanning Tightly bound and square, A unique case which takes Wimsey from London to Paris and eventually back again to the Bellona Club A clean reading copy For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Murder Must Advertise - Dorothy L Sayers 1973 UK softcover later edition. New English Library A VG indeed copy Clean tidy covers Tightly bound and square, Five people die before the Lord sorts things out - a less common title A solid example For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Lord Peter Views the Body 1963 English Penguin paperback later edition. A solid readers copy No names, inscriptions, slight edge tanning Tight, light rubbing to edges An all time classic of Golden Age mystery fiction A clean reading copy For Sale at £4.50 (approx $9) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart

see also our Dorothy L Sayers Bibliography

Brief Biography SAYERS, Dorothy L(eigh). British. Born in Oxford, 13 July 1893. Educated at the Goldolphin School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1909-11; Somerville College, Oxford (Gilchrist Scholar), 1912-15, B.A. (honours) in French 1915. M.A. 1920. Married Oswald Arthur Fleming in 1926 (died, 1950). Taught modern languages at Hull High School for Girls, Yorkshire, 1915-17; Reader for Blackwell, publishers, Oxford, 1917-18; assistant at the Les Roches School, France. 1919-20; copywriter for Benson's advertising agency. London, 1921-31; full-time writer and broadcaster from 1931; Editor, with Muriel St. Clare Byrne, Bridgeheads series, Methuen, London, 1941-46. Vicar's Warden. St. Thomas's, Regent Street, London, 1952-54. and St. Paul's. Covent Garden, London, from 1954. President, Modern Language Association, 1939-45. and the Detection Club, 1949-57. Died 17 December 1957.

Dorothy L Sayers - The Characters Lord Peter Wimsey In 1890, Peter was born to Mortimer Gerald Bredon Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver, and his wife, Honoria. The boy was educated at Eton and Balliol College, taking 1st class honors in modern history, in 1912. He also acquired affectations, an exaggerated Oxford manner, and a monocle. At this time, love and World War I came into Lord Peter Wimsey's life. He had planned to marry but he was about to enter the army, and felt it would be unfair to a wife if he came back from the war mutilated. When he returned to England on leave in 1916, he found the girl he foved had married another. He returned to the war and recklessly earned the Distinguished Service Order. He also nearly lost his life behind German lines. His experiences left him with what was then called "a nervous breakdown." He recovered and moved into a London flat There he pursued his interests in history, bibliophily, cricket, music (the piano and campanology), and criminology. In 1935, he married mystery writer Harriet Vane. A son, Bredon Delagardie Peter, was born to the couple the following year, and later they had twins. Lord Peter is attended by the ultimate valet, Bunter Montague Egg Less well-known than Lord Peter Wimsey but an astute thinker in his own right, Montague Egg is a mild-mannered commercial traveler. He is always ready with a bit of doggerel from "The Salesman's Handbook," or with the solution to the crimes that come his way.

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