Dorothy L. Sayers

Jill Paton Walsh

Light shelf wear on the jacket at the edges. Subtle. Pages in great shape. Crisp and clean. Binding leaning forward slightly. Please see photos for reference.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Sixty years after Dorothy L. Sayers began her unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Thrones Dominations, Booker Prize finalist Jill Paton Walsh took on the challenge of completing the manuscript---with extraordinary success. “The transition is seamless,” said the San Francisco Chronicle; “you cannot tell where Sayers leaves off and Walsh begins.” “Will Paton Walsh do it again?” wondered Ruth Rendell in London’s Sunday Times. “We must hope so.” Jill Paton Walsh fulfills those hopes in A Presumption of Death. Although Sayers never began another Wimsey novel, she did leave clues. Drawing on “The Wimsey Papers,” in which Sayers showed various members of the family coping with wartime conditions, Walsh has devised an irresistible story set in 1940, at the start of the Blitz in London. Lord Peter is abroad on secret business for the Foreign Office, while Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, has taken their children to safety in the country. But war has followed them there---glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls scandalize the villagers, and the blackout makes the nighttime lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Daily life reminds them of the war so constantly that, when the village’s first air-raid practice ends with a real body on the ground, it’s almost a shock to hear the doctor declare that it was not enemy action, but plain, old-fashioned murder. Or was it? At the request of the overstretched local police, Harriet reluctantly agrees to investigate. The mystery that unfolds is every bit as literate, ingenious, and compelling as the best of original Lord Peter Wimsey novels.

A Presumption of Death

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Vintage paperback edition from 1968, 1st printing.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Arizona

The Documents in the Case

Missouri

The Nine Tailors

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Virginia

A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

The fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found dead outside the conservatory of the Wimsey family's shooting lodge in Yorkshire. The evidence points to their older brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, who is charged with the murder and put on trial in the House of Lords. To clear the family name, Lord Peter and his close friend Inspector Charles Parker scour the lodge's grounds, finding several tantalizing clues, including mysterious footprints, a piece of jewelry, and a cat charm. What do these leads mean, and why are Mary and Gerald suddenly acting so mysterious? Unraveling a string of coincidences, Lord Peter is determined to solve this intriguing case. But will the answer save his brother . . . or condemn him?

Clouds of Witness

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Paperback edition from 2012, Bourbon Street Press 2nd printing.

A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane

The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, from the mystery writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age--Dorothy L. Sayers.

Featuring an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master, Strong Poison introduces Harriet Vane, a mystery writer who is accused of poisoning her fiancé and must now join forces with Lord Peter to escape a murder conviction and the hangman's noose.

Strong Poison

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Set of eight mysteries by pop authors.

Can be bundled with another of my listings. 

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Texas

More work for the undertaker

The butcher’s theater

Pennsylvania

Symposium on Education

The Lost Tools of Learning

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

Three Complete Novels

She's one of the greatest mystery story writers of this century says the Los Angeles Times and one of the bestselling, too Three outstanding detective novels featuring the deft and debonair Lord Peter Wimsey and the inimitable Harriet Vane: Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, and Unnatural Death. You don't need to be a detective to figure out why they sell so well

On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey

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Wyoming

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Georgia

A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. All that was left of the garage was a heap of charred and smouldering beams. In the driving seat of the burnt-out car were the remains of a body . . . An accident, said the police. An accident, said the widow. She had been warning her husband about the danger of the car for months. Murder, said the famous detective Lord Peter Wimsey - and proceeded to track down the killer.

In the Teeth of the Evidence

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older copy but clean. Some yellowing. See photos.

“Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers’s novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself.” —Times Literary Supplement The great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction’s most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers’s work, praising her “great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail.” The third Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Gaudy Night is now back in print with an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master. Gaudy Night takes Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter, to Oxford University, Harriet’s alma mater, for a reunion, only to find themselves the targets of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats.

Gaudy Night

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Recovering from an unhappy love affair, a mystery writer seeks solace on a barren beach--deserted but for the body of a young man with his throat cut. A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery.

Have His Carcase

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Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cellar. All too quickly, what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country has turned into a most baffling case, with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman at its center and a dead man who's been discovered in a most intriguing condition: with not a spot of blood on his smashed skull and not a penny less than six hundred pounds in his pocket.

Busman's Honeymoon

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older copy but clean. Some yellowing. See photos. 

Lord Peter Wimsey is trying to find the murderer of a local artists, but he finds that there are six main suspects, five who are being set up, and one who has created the perfect murder.

The Five Red Herrings

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A Lord Wimsey Mystery

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is a 1928 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her fourth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Mississippi

The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

One of the founding mothers of mystery, Dorothy Sayers first introduced the popular character Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923 with the publication of Whose Body? Over the next twenty years, more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared, each one as cunningly written as the next.Now in single volume, here are all the Lord Peter Wimsey stories, a treasure for any mystery lover. From "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag" to "The Image in the Mirror" and "Talboys," this collection is Lord Peter at his best -- and a true testament to the art of detective fiction.

Lord Peter

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Excellent condition, small damage to the cover on the back 

California

An ingenious tale of murder from one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, featuring her dashing amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey Ninety-year-old General Fentiman has been sitting very quietly all day long in his usual fireside armchair at the Bellona Club, oblivious to the hustle and bustle of Armistice Day celebrations, when a fellow member finally notices that he is a corpse. How long he has been in this condition is not at all clear, but the exact time of his death turns out to matter very much to the potential heirs of his substantial fortune. While attempting to resolve the rivals’ competing claims, Lord Peter Wimsey realizes that the old general was murdered. Who did it is another matter, however, and it takes all of Wimsey’s skills and considerable persistence to ferret out the surprising truth. A VINTAGE MYSTERY CLASSIC.

A collection of all of the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery stories in one volume! Plus an essay and a bonus story by E.C. Bentley. Twenty short stories.

If you haven't met Lord Peter yet, you are in for a treat. Dorothy Sayers was a member of the famous Detection Club and grand dame of golden age mysteries, along with Agatha Christie. A great collection of true classics. A wonderful addition to any crime fiction library!

Flare Books/Avon, 1972. Sixth printing. 487 pages.

Thick trade paperback. Slight tear at bottom of front cover from spine. Old price sticker on front cover. Well read copy, tight binding. Interior has some stains on a few pages at top of page. Does not affect text. Reflected in price. A sound vintage copy.

From the library of my Book Aunt. Address label on inside front cover.

Minnesota

“Great Detectives” assembles the star sleuths of the past century in a dazzling array of classic tales. There has never been a collection to match this one, featuring sixteen short stories by the best mystery writers from England and America. Additionally, there are two complete novels by Ross McDonald and Ruth Rendell. (Taken from cover notes)

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America

Great Detectives

Murder for Christmas

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Dante. Alighieri

Creasing in front and back covers that extends through the book. (See photos). No marks.

Volume 2: Purgatory

Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden. The second part of one of the greatest epic poems, Purgatory is an enthralling Christian allegory of sin, redemption and ultimate enlightenment.

The Divine Comedy

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This is a classic effort by members of the famous Detection Club, which included the greatest crime writers of the early 20th century. Authors are listed as: Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, G. K. Chesterton and Certain Other Members of the Detection Club.

1980 Charter, mass market, first time in paperback. First edition, first printing. Excellent condition, with only corners of covers slightly bent. See photos.

An ingenious mystery, written a chapter at a time by top authors. Very fun! Introduction by Dorothy Sayers.

The Floating Admiral

Maine

The wealthy old woman was dead -- a trifle sooner than expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of amour -- staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. "Here the modern detective story begins to come to its own; and all the historical importance aside, it remains an absorbing and charming story today."

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