Malcolm Pryce THE CASE OF THE 'HAIL MARY' CELESTE First Edition
First edition first print hardback of THE CASE OF THE 'HAIL MARY' CELESTE (The Case Files of Jack Wenlock, Railway Detective) by Malcolm Pryce and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2015. Numberline is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.The book is in near fine condition (blue cloth boards with copper lettering to spine) with light bumping to the top corners of the front and back boards, light creasing and rubbing to the bottom of the spine and a tiny indentation to the top edge of the front board which also has light rubbing to the bottom edge. The book is in a near fine unclipped paper dust jacket which has light creasing to the top corners of the front and back covers and top of the spine. Lightly yellowed page edges. Internally the pages are lightly yellowed but are otherwise clean and tight and there are no tears or inscriptions.
Shady government agents, drunken riverboat captains, a bandaged bookseller, a missing manuscrupt, a melancholic gorilla and a 4070 Godstow Castle engine - the one with a sloping throatplate in the firebox and the characteristic double cough in the chuffs - all collide on a journey that will take your breath away.
339 pages including Appendix I and Appendix II plus Author's Note, Acknowledgements and A Note on the Author.
ISBN: 9781408858929
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