Ex-library with stamps on edges and title page, pocket on back end paper, glue residue on both pastedowns and front end paper. Spine slanted and cracked at pp 70-71, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has glue residue inside both flaps, resulting in 3" blotch to edge of front flap. A little rubbing and edge wear, but artwork is in very good condition. Brother Cadfael's first case by noted author Edith Pargeter, writing as Ellis Peters. "Why was the Welshman killed-for his daughter's hand in marriage. . . or for a saint's bones?" "Cadfael fin... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, sunning on front board and bottom edge; DJ has slight edgewear. Text is clean and bright with exquisite illustrations. Twenty-first in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. "Herein, with a Christmas story, a tale of robbery and attempted murder, and a narrative of Brother Cadfael's early years, the Chronicles continue. Although Cadfael has appeared in 15 novel-length Chronicles to date, the story of his entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury has been known hitherto only to a few readers. Now his myriad fans can discover the chain of events that led him i... View More...
Spine very slightly creased, a little edge wear and rubbing. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; Eleventh in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. ; Brother Cadfael; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 219 pages; "Their own abbey in Winchester burned to the ground, Brothers Humilis and Fidelis come to Brother Cadfael's abbey seeking refuge. Before his tonsure, Humilis was a brave Crusader, and received a dreadful wound fighting to save Jerusalem. His long ride has caused the wound to open anew. Meanwhile Nicholas Harnage, Humilis's former lieutenant, comes to b... View More...
Black over blue boards, gold lettering, 292 pp. Spine slightly cocked, front board bowed out slightly, binding tight, jacket has a little edge wear. A bright, attractive copy. Twentieth in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. "A November filled with golden sunshine seemed a gentle ending to this year 1145, although England remained torn between Empress Maud and those who pledged allegiance to her cousin, Stephen. Yet for Brother Cadfael, this sweet autumn would bring a bitter harvest: a sudden, wrenching break with his life, an urgent search for a hostage of war, and a hunt for a... View More...
Ex-library with markings to spine and residue on ffep (likely from pocket). Corners slightly bumped, slight spine slant, likely remainder mark on bottom edge. A couple pages creased on bottom edge. Jacket is in protective wraps with minor edge wear. Overall, a bright, attractive copy. Annet Beck's beauty worries her parents so much that they guard her as closely as a prisoner. . . until the rainy Thursday when she disappears. Annet is last seen vanishing over the crest of Hallowmount, a hill in the remote Welsh Country believed to be the domain of witches. Five days later she mysteriously re... View More...
Corners slightly bumped, jacket shows slight edge wear. "18-year-old Annet Beck has a haunting, innocent beauty few can forget. There isn't a man in her small Shropshire village who hasn't once fallen in love with her. Small wonder her aged parents keep their only daughter on a short leash, screening her escorts to the local dances and encouraging her interest in singing with the church choir. One ordinary Thursday, just before teatime, Annet goes out to mail a letter . . . and doesn't return. Tom Kenyon, a young schoolmaster who boards with the Becks,saw her disappear over the Hallowmou... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, creased, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Third in the Brother Cadfael series. ; Brother Cadfael; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 222 pages; "Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest at the Shrewsbury Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul when he is suddenly taken ill. Brother Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted by two very different surprises. In Master Bonel's wife, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved many years ago, before he took his vows. And Master Bo... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart. A bright, attractive copy. ; Blue cloth with gold lettering, introduction by Ellis Peters. Several maps of the abbey, its environs, Wales. The primary subject is descriptions of people, places, and properties. Appendices and bibliography. ; Brother Cadfael; 9 ¾" - 11" Tall; 412 pages; "Since the publication of A Morbid Taste for Bones in 1977, millions of readers throughout the world have been captivated and enthraled by the exploits and adventures of Brother Cadfael - the twelfth-century Welsh monk and herbalist ... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, corners slightly bumped, a little edgewear. Ex-library with stamps on edges and half-title page, front free end paper removed. Dampstain on last few pages causing a little crinkling, otherwise text is bright and unmarked. DJ in protective wraps glued to pastedowns with label on base of spine and slight edgewear. Eighth in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. "Who murdered the young priest at the edge of the forest?" "Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of the year of our Lord 1140, a priestly emissary for Ki... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, slightly creased, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. ; Brother Cadfael; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 250 pages; "In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood returns to Shrewsbury in a coffin. . . his pilgrimage at last at an end. William’s young attendant, Elave, accompanies the body and sets about trying to secure a burial place on the grounds of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, despite William’s once having been reproved for ‘heretical views.’... View More...
Ex-library with all the usual stamps, labels, markings, and back end paper torn out. Jacket in protective wraps but taped to boards. Spine cocked, starting to separate across from title page, a little edge wear, interior bright and clean. Reading copy. Nineteenth in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. "In the chill, rainy autumn of 1144, two groups of visitors seek the hospitality of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, and Brother Cadfael fears trouble has come in with them. Among the first arrivals is Brother Tutilo, a young Benedictine with a guileless face and - to Brothe... View More...
191 pp. Book has been rebound in sturdy green library binding with red design on boards. Ex-library with usual stamps and pocket. Spine somewhat slanted, spot on lower edge of text. Overall, a nice copy. This is the 8th Inspector George Felse mystery. "When world-renowned singer Maggie Tressider is in a life-threatening car accident, she wakes up with the haunting belief that at some point in her past she has done someone a fatal wrong - but she can't remember anything about it! Convinced that she will never be at peace till she finds the truth and makes what amends she can, she engag... View More...
Spine a bit rolled, light reading crease, minor edge wear, covers show a little creasing and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. An Inspector George Felse Mystery. "The knocker hung on a very special door—oak, heavy, with a late-Gothic arch, and apparently a late-Gothic curse. Then the door was moved from an old house, once an abbey, to the village church. Legend held that sinners who seized the knocker had their hands burned by the cold iron. But Gerry Bracewell didn’t die of burns, neither did a second victim. Had they knocked on death’s door, or wa... View More...
Ex-library, pocket on front end paper, glue residue on pastedowns, numerous stamps, stickers, and writing on end papers and pastedowns. Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering, 328 pp. Spine cocked, minor and chipping, some discoloration to leading edge and jacket. Jacket in new Brodart with some edge wear and chipping. Text is clear and unmarked. A good reading copy of this large print edition. "A solitary climber fell to his death from a mountain in Slovakia. Accident, said the local police, the British authorities. But - hadn't the dead man, an official of a highly secret research inst... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, some edgewear/bumping. DJ has some edgewear/bumping and a 5/16 in. tear at top edge of spine. A bright, attractive copy. "Once again, the gentle monk is forced to leave the tranquillity of his herb garden and use his knowledge of human nature to solve a murder—this one frighteningly close to home. When a newly plowed field recently given to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul yields the body of a young woman, Brother Cadfael is quickly thrown into a delicate situation. The field was once owned by a local potter named Ruald who had abandoned his b... View More...
Spine very slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Jacket has just a bit of edge wear. An attractive copy. Seventh in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. "Who is terrorizing the goldsmith's household with robbery, assault, and murder?" "When Liliwin, a poor birdlike young minstrel, reaches the monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul only a few steps ahead of a wildly angry mob, the brothers offer him forty days' sanctuary. Then Brother Cadfiel, herbalist and amateur detective, learns that Liliwin's accusers want to hang him for a crime he swears he never commit... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, creased, light reading crease, minor edge wear and rubbing, a little cover creasing. Overall a nice copy. ; Eighteenth in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. ; Brother Cadfael; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 245 pages; "In April 1144 Brother Cadfael leaves his monastery once more, this time in the company of Heledd, a young woman desperate to escape from an arranged marriage, and the youthful Brother Mark, who is representing the bishop on a mission of church diplomacy. Cadfael does not foresee trouble on their errand, but then the travelers become entangled in the c... View More...
Spine very slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Eighteenth in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. ; Brother Cadfael; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 245 pages; "In April 1144 Brother Cadfael leaves his monastery once more, this time in the company of Heledd, a young woman desperate to escape from an arranged marriage, and the youthful Brother Mark, who is representing the bishop on a mission of church diplomacy. Cadfael does not foresee trouble on their errand, but then the travelers become entangled in the conflict between Owain Gwynedd ... View More...
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