Mysteries Collection - Dorothy Sayers - Folio Society - 2011 1st Edition
Edition
Mysteries Collection - Dorothy Sayers - Folio Society - 2011 1st Edition
Condition
Very Good. Some bumps to edge of slipcase and splitting to top edge. Unnatural death has an imperfection on bottom edge.
Details
The Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries collection. 229 × 152 × 23–32 mm. 4 vols (see below). Type: Ehrhardt with Odessa for display. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in full green-blue cloth printed in black and blocked in gold with a design by Natacha Ledwidge; blue-green endleaves. Pale blue four-volume slip case decorated
and titled (as above). The binding illustration is different for each volume. In addition to the plates, Ledwidge has supplied occasional tail-pieces drawn in pen and ink. The four volumes are as follows:
[1] Dorothy L. Sayers, whose body?, introduced by P.D. James, illustrated by Natacha Ledwidge. Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx [xxi–xxii], [1–2] 3–168 [169–172]: [7] leaves of plates (facing pp. [iii], [28], [56], [78], [113], [133] and [150]).
First published 1923.
[2] Dorothy L. Sayers, unnatural death, illustrated by Natacha Ledwidge. Pp. [i–iv] v [vi], [1–4] 5–242 [243–244]:[7] leaves of plates (facing pp. [iii], [43], [68], [127], [152], [192] and [226]). First published 1927.
[3] Dorothy L. Sayers, five red herrings, illustrated by Natacha Ledwidge. Pp. [i–iv] v–vi [vii–x], [1–2] 3–319 [320]:[7] leaves of plates (facing pp. [iii], [59], [101], [148], [181], [231] and [281]). A map of Galloway on pages[viii–ix] was redrawn by Neil Gower. First published 1931.
[4] Dorothy L. Sayers, busman’s honeymoon, [quotation from A midsummer night’s dream], illustrated by Natacha Ledwidge. Pp. [i–iv] v [vi–viii], [1–4] 5–367 [368–370]: [7] leaves of plates (facing pp. [iii], [88], [131], [169], [210], [270] and [326]). First published 1937.