[1st ed] Overture to Death
First American edition, first printing, of Ngaio Marsh’s Overture to Death, published by Lee Furman, Inc in 1939. The eight novel featuring her main protagonist, Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Marsh (1895-1982), who divided her time between London and her native Christchurch, New Zealand, is known as one of the “Queens of Crime,” along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. 8vo, hardcover, 352 pages. Damp staining to bottom corner of text block. Light glue burn to paste downs. Rubbing and creasing to edge-chipped dj; front flap missing. Discreet closed tears to spine and front cover; considerable open tears to corners and spine ends. Notwithstanding, scarce thus.
First American edition, first printing, of Ngaio Marsh’s Overture to Death, published by Lee Furman, Inc in 1939. The eight novel featuring her main protagonist, Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Marsh (1895-1982), who divided her time between London and her native Christchurch, New Zealand, is known as one of the “Queens of Crime,” along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. 8vo, hardcover, 352 pages. Damp staining to bottom corner of text block. Light glue burn to paste downs. Rubbing and creasing to edge-chipped dj; front flap missing. Discreet closed tears to spine and front cover; considerable open tears to corners and spine ends. Notwithstanding, scarce thus.
First American edition, first printing, of Ngaio Marsh’s Overture to Death, published by Lee Furman, Inc in 1939. The eight novel featuring her main protagonist, Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Marsh (1895-1982), who divided her time between London and her native Christchurch, New Zealand, is known as one of the “Queens of Crime,” along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. 8vo, hardcover, 352 pages. Damp staining to bottom corner of text block. Light glue burn to paste downs. Rubbing and creasing to edge-chipped dj; front flap missing. Discreet closed tears to spine and front cover; considerable open tears to corners and spine ends. Notwithstanding, scarce thus.
