FIRST EDITION. SIGNED on the half title page: "Salutations Distinguees / Dorothy L. Sayers." The phrase "salutations distinguees" is French and, roughly translated, it means, "your sincerely." On the first front end paper is the name "Ce'cile Peel." Orange cloth boards with a black symbol at the bottom of the front cover. The spine has author and title in black. 446 pp.The book is in nearly very good condition with wear at all edges. Slightly cocked. The binding feels slightly loose, but no cracked hinges. It is difficult to write a summary paragraph about Sayers. She is most famous for ... View More...
Sayers second book. Catholic Tales and Christians Songs, a book of poetry. Brown heavy card stock boards. No printing on the cover. There is a type of dust cover which is attached along the spine. It has art signed GR and text in black. Text on the spine is also in black. 63 pp. Dust cover is soiled from handling. Foxing throughout. Text block is tight. Owner's name on fly leaf. VG. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien & the Inklings. View More...
FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth boards with no text on the exterior. 180 pp. Indexed. Very nearly fine. No dust wrapper - probably published without one. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien & the Inklings. View More...
The book comes from the library of prominent Inklings scholar George Musacchio. Orange cloth boards with black text on the spine. 221 pp. Indexed. Musacchio name on first front end paper. Otherwise fine condition. No dust wrapper if there was one. It is difficult to write a summary paragraph about Sayers. She is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey as the detective. Early in her career she worked for an advertising agency writing promotional material. Later in life she did not just write detective novels, she wrote plays, essays, theology and poetry. Late in... View More...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First American edition. Gilbert 21bIBlack cloth boards with blue stamped text. 469 pp.VG condition with edge wear to the boards and the book is slightly cocked. Lacking dust wrapper. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien & the Inklings$90 View More...
FIRST EDITION, 1935. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers. This book is scarce in a dust wrapper. The first edition comes in two different dust wrappers, neither of which is preferred. This dust wrapper is the one that says "Just out!" at the top. Black cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. 483 pp. Just wrapper is yellow with text in black and magenta. The book is VG+ with a bump on the lower right front board and an owner's name writ small and neatly on the first front end paper. The wrapper is visually strong but has a couple half inch chips at the bottom of the spine. No loss of text. Full ref... View More...
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1940. In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. A book of short stories including two Lord Peter Wimsey short stories. Blue cloth boards with light blue text on the front cover and spine. 311 pp. The dust wrapper has a background of wavy shades of blue and text in white and light blue. CONDITION: The book is VG with acid browning of end sheets and splotches of fading on the spine (which is covered by the dust wrapper.) The dust wrapper is VG with the white back showing some soiling and with modest edge wear, none of which is greater than a qu... View More...
Edited by Ralph E. Hone and with preface by Barbara Reynolds. Illustrated by Norah Lambourne. White glossy boards with text in orange and black. In the lower center there is an artistic rendering of a street scene. 165 pp. plus index. New condition. It is difficult to write a summary paragraph about Sayers. She is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey as the detective. Early in her career she worked for an advertising agency writing promotional material. Later in life she did not just write detective novels, she wrote plays, essays, theology and poetry. Late in life,... View More...
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. FIRST EDITION. COMPLETE, THREE VOLUME TRILOGY. This set is the complete biographical story about C. S. Lewis. Signed by Poe on each the title page, respectively. Quarter orange cloth on brown paper. Gilt text on the spine. Endpapers are full page illustrations in black and white. Illustrated with black and white photographs occasionally throughout. Contains an epilogue and notes to pages. Indexed. Dust wrappers bear photos of Lewis across time, an ornamented foredge, and a block with a cream background and brown text. ABOUT THIS TRILOGY: BOOK ONE: BECOMING C. S. LEWIS, A... View More...
The fifth volume is uncommon and is called "Dorothy L. Sayers; Child and Woman of Her Time; A supplement to The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers." [Volume I]: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 421 pp. Volume II: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 450 pp. Volume Three: Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 1998. 539 pp. Volume Four: Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 2000. 449 pp. Volume Five: Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 2002. 165 pp. Volume I & II have black and white illustrations. Volumes three, four and five have both color and black and white illustrations. All volumes are hard covers with dust wrappers. Volumes 1 through 4... View More...
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second volume of a biographical trilogy about C. S. Lewis. Signed by Poe on the title page. Quarter orange cloth on brown paper. Gilt text on the spine. Endpapers are a black and white photograph of C. S. Lewis with his father, Albert, CA 1918; and the Eastgate Hotel, Oxford, where C.S. Lewis met J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated with black and white photographs occasionally throughout. Contains an epilogue and notes to pages. Indexed. 399 pp. Dust wrapper has a photo of Lewis amongst books, an ornamented foredge, and a block with a cream background and br... View More...
In this book of eleven essays, Sayers contribution comes first. It is The Priest's Tale: The Journeyman.Tan cloth boards with paper label on the spine. Lacking dust wrapper if there was one.Book is soiled and the paper label on the spine is chipped causing loss of several letters. Cracked hinge after first front end paper. Owner's name in ink inside front cover. Good only. It is difficult to write a summary paragraph about Sayers. She is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey as the detective. Early in her career she worked for an advertising agency writing pro... View More...
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1928. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. A Lord Peter Wimsey novel. Purple cloth boards with green text on the spine. 345 pp. The dust wrapper has a purple background with gruesome art and text in green and white. CONDITION: The book is VG, slightly cocked and has an owners name on the first front end paper. The dust wrapper has a few closed tears and chips, one of which removes a letter on the spine. Not price clipped. Good only. Additional photographs available upon request. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. T... View More...
The Zeal of Thy House by Dorothy L. Sayers. Eleventh printing of the first cheap edition (the second edition. This play is about the reconstruction of Canterbury Cathedral after a fire. It stresses the high value of good work, as Sayers has written elsewhere. A soft cover book with black text on a blue ground. 111 pp. Badly cocked and badly faded. Owner's name on the first front end paper. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. View More...
This book says, opposite the title page, "Previously Published by / The Friends of the University of Toledo Libraries / Noel Stock / Ezra Pound's Pennsylvania / (1976). There is no evidence of this previous publication either in the World Catalog or in internet searches. Thus we believe this to be the first edition of the book.This book is edited from the Manuscript at the Humanities Research Center, Austin, Texas. CONDITION: The binding of this book is unusual. It is a soft cover book but both front and back covers have an inward fold which acts like the flap of a dust wrapper except the ... View More...
