1931 Suspicious Characters by Dorothy Sayers
1931
398pp.
Brewer, Warren & Putnam, New York
The first US edition of Peter Wimsey story, ‘Suspicious Characters’, originally published in the UK as ‘The Five Red Herrings’.
The first US edition, first printing with no further printings stated. First published in the UK earlier the same year as ‘The Five Red Herrings’.
Lacking the scarce original dust wrapper.
The sixth novel to feature Sayers’ fictional gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, ‘Suspicious Characters’ follows Wimsey as he attempts to solve the murder of a Scottish painter.
In the original cloth binding. Externally generally smart with bumping to extremities resulting in slight splitting to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Marks to the boards. Prior owner’s ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and the odd spot. Blue top edge has bled slightly to head of leaves, not impacting the text.
Grading: VERY GOOD.
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