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A Collection of Novels by Edith Pargeter
Ellis Peters [Edith Pargeter]
1983-1991
Macmillan and Co., Limited; Headline : London
8.5" by 6"
192; 201; 190; 224; 205; 279; 192; 192pp.
SUMMARY
A smart collection of novels by English author Edith Pargether, with many from the Cadfael Chronicles.
First Edition,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Eight volumes.
Written by Edith Mary Pargeter, an English author of works in many categories, best known for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles, who was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. Pargeter often wrote under the pen name of Ellis Peters.
Including six volumes from The Cadfael Chronicles, a series of historical murder mysteries, set in the 12th century in England during the Anarchy, the novels focus on a Welsh Benedictine monk, Cadfael, who aids the law by investigating and solving murders.
This collection contains:
The Devils Novice, 1983. Later edition, the eighth volume in the Cadfael Chronicles.
The Raven in the Foregate, 1986. First edition, the twelfth in the Cadfael Chronicles.
The Rose Rent, 1986. First edition, the thirteenth in the Cadfael Chronicles.
The Hermit of Eyton Forest, 1987. First edition, the fourteenth in the Cadfael Chronicles.
The Confession of Brother Haluin, 1988. First edition, the fifteenth in the Cadfael Chronicles.
The Heretics Apprentice, 1989. First edition, the sixteenth in the Cadfael Chronicles.
The Piper on the Mountain, 1990. Later edition.
The Grass Widows Tale, 1991. Later edition.
CONDITION
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than The Heretics Apprentice which is price-clipped. Wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark and minor age toning to the endpapers. Library ink stamps to the half-titles, title pages, and the odd page.
Overall Condition: Very Good Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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