JAMES, P. D. (PHYLLIS DOROTHY JAMES, BARONESS JAMES OF HOLLAND PARK) — The Skull Beneath the Skin

New York, NY: Scribner & Company, 1982. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684177730. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There are is a bit of light bumping to the top spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, though there is a one inch tear to the top front panel of the dust jacket, along with a couple of spots of bumping, mostly to the top edges of the dust jacket. "Her first novel, Cover Her Face, featuring the investigator and poet Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard, was published in 1962. Dalgliesh's last name comes from a teacher of English at Cambridge High School and his first name is that of Miss Dalgliesh's father. Many of James's mystery novels take place against the backdrop of UK bureaucracies, such as the criminal justice system and the National Health Service, in which she worked for decades starting in the 1940s. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .