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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 !
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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