There is a small bot of damage to the cloth on the tip of the top front corner. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some soiling on the boards, There is some wear to the titling on the spine and the top of the spine is lightly bumped with slightly heavier bumping to the bottom of the spine. The book is bound in the original black cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. Gaudy Night is the tenth mystery novel to feature Lord Peter Wimsey, and the third including Harriet Vane. Sayers (1892-1957) was a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and is probably best known for her detective stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Pages are bright and clean with only a few minor spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine and extremities of the boards are faded. Externally, with some marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the front board. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Sayers was one of the leading Queens of Crime during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh.Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Marjorie B.
first.'Gaudy Night' is the tenth Lord Peter Wimsey novel, and the third to feature Harriet Vane.This gripping murder mystery is set in Oxford, in a college based off Sayers' own experiences at Somerville College.Dorothy L. edition, published one year after the U.K. edition of this thrilling Lord Peter Wimsey murder mystery, a gripping crime novel set in Oxford.
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