Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Five Red Herrings
£225
London, Gollancz, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in orange to spine.
Sayers’ sixth work featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, published in the US as Suspicious Characters. Murder among a community of artists in Galloway, Scotland.
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Redacted ownership markings to front pastedown, some minor foxing; cloth slightly rubbed with occasional minor marking.
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