Buy this book on-line Evelyn Hervey : Into the Valley of DeathWeidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1986 ISBN 0297788019
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CI3 - A first British edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some and chipping on the edges and corners, some scattered scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, moderate tanning and light shelf wear. A Miss Unwin Mystery. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.75"x5.5", 167 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Miss Unwin took a hansome. If she could get to the Paddington station in 1/4 of an hour, she calculated, she might yet catch the only train that would get her before it was too late to the Valley of Death. in this third story about Miss Harriet Unwin, governess, she has received an urgent call for help from the Oxfordshire village of Chipping Compton: it is a call she cannot ignore as it comes from her oldest friend, the clumsily comical Vilkins, now a housemaid in the neighborhood, who was certain that in a grave miscarriage of justice, Jack Steadman, landlord of the Rising Sun, is going to be hanged within a week for a murder he did not commit. posing as a lady magazine writer, the valiant and determine Miss Unwin is quickly engaged in a full scale pursuit of the truth, for there is much in the village that is not as it should be. She has to contend with the dashing, flirtatious and very rich Mrs. DeLyall, with her lover, the gallant Captain Brackhaim, as well as the formidable Chief Constable, all anxious for their own reasons to see Jack Steadman hanged; she finds herself donning the uniform of a ladies' maid at a country house ball as well as taking a clandestine ride in a hay cart to track a dangerous, drunken witness dash all in the interests of justice.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Evelyn Hervey : Into the Valley of Death. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres d'occasion, incunabula, first editions and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |