| By M.K. Lorens.
New York: Doubleday Perfect Crime. 1st printing 1st Hardcover edition February 1993. Copyright 1990 by Margaret Keilstrup. 2 4 6 7 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on copyright page. (ii)+3-312 pp. Approx. 5 3/4" by 8 1/2" hardback. Includes unclipped ($17.00) dust jacket. Blue paper boards, blue cloth spine with silver lettering. Dust jacket illustration by Merritt Dekle. Signed dedication on title page by author ("To Julie with best wishes from M.K. Lorens"). #1 in the Winston Sherman series. I bought this book as is so I cannot verify the signature. |
| Binding is As New. Dust Jacket is Fine with minor rubbing. There are NO names or store stamps on the book. See scan which is extra large to allow you to see condition details. |
| The classic novel that launched a beloved mystery series and introduced Winston Marlowe Sherman, cantankerous Shakespeare professor. Back in 1953 young Winston attended a party in honor of Dylan Thomas. The festive evening concluded with the grisly murder of an aristocratic servant and the theft of an Elizabethan manuscript of questionable authenticity. Thirty years later, the missing manuscript turns up again… |