The Nursing Home Murder
by Marsh, Ngaio; Jellett, Dr. Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing. Black cloth with red lettering and decoration. A Tower Mystery. 1st edition thus, states 1st printing. Jacket is worn and is missing some little pieces. Endpapers darkened. Prior owner name and date on paste down. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1943.
Synopsis
Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime fiction of all time.Sir John Phillips, the Harley Street surgeon, and his beautiful nurse Jane Harden are almost too nervous to operate. The emergency case on the table before them is the Home Secretary – and they both have very good, personal reasons to wish him dead.Within hours he does die, although the operation itself was a complete success, and Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn must find out why...
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- Bookseller
- Pam's Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061250
- Title
- The Nursing Home Murder
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio; Jellett, Dr. Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- World Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 180
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction; mystery
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