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HarperCollins, New York, 1987. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First published 1923 and first book of the Lord Peter Wimsey Series Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mystery Fiction; ISBN: 0060550368. ISBN/EAN: 9780060550363. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10959. . 9780060550363

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An uncommon early edition of Dorothy L. Sayers' detective novel, in the original cloth. The first 2/6 edition. First published in 1923. Whose Body was Sayers' debut novel, and the first to feature her much loved protagonist, Lord Peter Wimsey. The story sets Wimsey on his path of amateur crime solving, following the death of a man found in the bath. By Dorothy Sayers, noted crime writer and one of the Queens of Crime, alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. In the original red cloth binding. Marks to the boards, including some evidence of prior tape removal. Splitting to backstrip. Bumping to the extremities, particularly to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in some splitting to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Age toning to pages due to paper used. The odd spot. Good

London (1935): Victor Gollancz Ltd. First Ediiton Thus. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo, 288 pages; first 2/6 edition of 1935 and first reissue of the first Sayers novel, with the new Preface. Preliminary Note: "This re-issue of WHOSE BODY? (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord Peter Wimsey, brought up to date (May 1935) and communicated by his uncle PAUL AUSTIN DELAGARDIE." Publisher's red cloth, spine printed in black. Bookplate of Adrian Goldstone, John Steinbeck's bibliographer, on front pastedown. Spine slightly faded. A handsome, clean, very good copy.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1929. 1st Edition /3rd Imp. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. 1st Edition / 3rd Impression. DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth. Stamps to front paste down, ffep and title pages and first and last pages stating that "this book is the property of Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd" a major tobacconist and lending library of the period. The lower spine has "1964" in gilt suggesting it may have been rebound at this date. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed boards with a few marks. Tightly bound with cloth library binding gutters. Foxed prelims and rear pages. Remaining pages are toned with occasional marks and spots to margins. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 287. Size: 16mo 18.5cm by 12cm. PROVENANCE: Salmon & Gluckstein. Salmon & Gluckstein were a British tobacconist. Founded in London in 1873 by Samuel Gluckstein and Barnett Salmon (1829-1897), they pursued an aggressive expansion to become the largest tobacco sellers in the UK, with over 140 retail outlets. They claimed however to be the largest tobacconist in the world. Salmon and Gluckstein Ltd was bought by Imperial Tobacco in 1902 and the brand remained in prominence until 1955. The business was started in 1855 by Samuel Gluckstein who, having arrived in London in 1841 from Germany, began working in the Jewish tobacco industry. The first business operated from Crown Street, Soho, and by 1864, when the firm was incorporated, Samuel Gluckstein had been joined by Henry Gluckstein and Laurence Abrahams. By that date the business had relocated to 43 Leman Street. In 1870 a difference of opinion concerning the sharing of the profits resulted in the firms dissolution. Henry Gluckstein and Laurence Abrahams went on to found Abrahams & Gluckstein, cigar manufacturers of 26 Whitechapel High Street, while Samuel Gluckstein formed a partnership with his two sons Isidore and Montague Gluckstein. They were also joined by Barnett Salmon, a tobacco salesman, who later became Samuels son-in-law by marrying Helena Gluckstein. In 1873 Samuel Gluckstein died leaving the business to his two sons and Barnett Salmon. In that same year the company Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd. was established. In order to avoid future family disputes the three men decided to form a family fund by pooling their resources. The principle of the venture was to encourage the strong to support the weak, with each member withdrawing what was required. As the number of members increased over the years, a more ordered system developed, but essentially this tightly-organised pooling arrangement formed the basis of the bulk of the familys business activities from the late nineteenth century onwards. Until 1887 these business interests were centred on the firm of Salmon & Gluckstein, tobacco manufacturers and tobacconists. From 1887, however, Montague Gluckstein became interested in the idea of providing catering services for the large exhibitions which were sweeping Victorian Britain. Judging the business of catering to be beneath them, the family only gave their support to Montague on the understanding that the family name would not be used. Accordingly, Montague began searching for a suitable figurehead for his new venture, finding him in Joseph Lyons, a distant family relation. As a result the family company of J. Lyons and Co. was formed.

Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Half black cloth cover with gray boards has light wear to corners and spine caps and is soiled on front cover and in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs are foxed with former owner's name on front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. . .

London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. , 1925. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce early edition of the debut novel by esteemed author and one of the Queens of Crimes, Dorothy L. Sayers. The very scarce UK second impression and first popular edition. Gilbert A3b.1. (notes). Understandably lacking the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. With endpaper renewed and blanks discarded, so paginating running (5)-287. First published in the US by Boni and Liveright in 1923. Published later the same year, October 1923, by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd in the UK, with this being second British impression and first popular edition published in 1925. Whose Body was Sayers' debut novel, and the first to feature her much loved protagonist, Lord Peter Wimsey. The story sets Wimsey on his path of amateur crime solving, following the death of a man found in the bath. By Dorothy Sayers, noted crime writer and one of the Queens of Crime, alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. In the publisher's red cloth binding. Recased, with endpapers renewed and blanks discarded. Slight loss to the cloth at head and tail of the spine and rear joint. The occasional mark to the board. Spine slightly faded. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning and the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to half title. Very Good